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Case: 15-40356      Document: 00513309239         Page: 1    Date Filed: 12/15/2015

           IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                    FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

                                    No. 15-40356
                                 Conference Calendar
                                                                         United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                  Fifth Circuit

                                                                                FILED
                                                                        December 15, 2015
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
                                                                           Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                Clerk
                                                 Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

MARVIN LEON SHILLING,

                                                 Defendant-Appellant

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                        for the Eastern District of Texas
                             USDC No. 4:13-CR-25-1

Before JONES, SOUTHWICK, and COSTA, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM: *
       The Federal Public Defender appointed to represent Marvin Leon
Shilling has moved for leave to withdraw and has filed a brief in accordance
with Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), and United States v. Flores, 632
F.3d 229 (5th Cir. 2011). Shilling has filed a response. The record is not
sufficiently developed to allow us to make a fair evaluation of Shilling’s claims
that his guilty plea was made in reliance on unkept promises or ineffective

       * Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH
CIR. R. 47.5.4.
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assistance of counsel; we therefore decline to consider the claims without
prejudice to collateral review. See United States v. Isgar, 739 F.3d 829, 841
(5th Cir.), cert. denied, 135 S. Ct. 123 (2014); United States v. Corbett, 742 F.2d
173, 176-78 (5th Cir. 1984).
      We have reviewed counsel’s brief and the relevant portions of the record
reflected therein, as well as Shilling’s response. We concur with counsel’s
assessment that the appeal presents no nonfrivolous issue for appellate review.
Accordingly, the motion for leave to withdraw is GRANTED, counsel is excused
from further responsibilities herein, and the APPEAL IS DISMISSED. See
5TH CIR. R. 42.2.     Shilling’s incorporated motion for the appointment of
substitute counsel is DENIED.

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