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Case: 13-40197       Document: 00512422975          Page: 1     Date Filed: 10/29/2013

           IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                    FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT  United States Court of Appeals
                                                    Fifth Circuit

                                                                             FILED
                                                                          October 29, 2013
                                     No. 13-40197
                                   Summary Calendar                         Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                 Clerk

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                                   Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

ADOLFO SAGRERO, also known as Ranferis Espino,

                                                   Defendant-Appellant

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                       for the Southern District of Texas
                             USDC No. 2:12-CR-839-1

Before JOLLY, SMITH, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
       The attorney appointed to represent Adolfo Sagrero 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).
Sagrero has filed a response. The record is insufficiently developed to allow
consideration at this time of Sagrero’s claim of ineffective assistance of counsel;
such a claim generally “cannot be resolved on direct appeal when the claim has

       *
         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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be
published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.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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                                 No. 13-40197

not been raised before the district court since no opportunity existed to develop
the record on the merits of the allegations.” United States v. Cantwell, 470
F.3d 1087, 1091 (5th Cir. 2006) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted).
We have reviewed counsel’s brief and the relevant portions of the record
reflected therein, as well as Sagrero’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.
Sagrero’s motion for the appointment of new counsel is DENIED. See United
States v. Wagner, 158 F.3d 901, 902-03 (5th Cir. 1998).

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