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Date Created: 2024-03-08 19:01:02.369787+00
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Case: 23-40522           Document: 40-1         Page: 1      Date Filed: 03/08/2024

          United States Court of Appeals
               for the Fifth Circuit
                                  ____________                              United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                     Fifth Circuit

                                                                                   FILED
                                   No. 23-40522                                March 8, 2024
                                 Summary Calendar
                                 ____________                                 Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                   Clerk
United States of America,

                                                                   Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                         versus

Pedro Cruz Almeida, Jr.,

                                           Defendant—Appellant.
                  ______________________________

                  Appeal from the United States District Court
                      for the Southern District of Texas
                           USDC No. 7:23-CR-350-1
                  ______________________________

Before Smith, Higginson, and Engelhardt, Circuit Judges.
Per Curiam:*
      The Federal Public Defender appointed to represent Pedro Cruz
Almeida, Jr., 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). Almeida has not filed a response. We
have reviewed counsel’s brief and the relevant portions of the record

      _____________________
      *
          This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
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                               No. 23-40522

reflected therein. We concur with counsel’s assessment that the appeal
presents no nonfrivolous issue for appellate review. Accordingly, counsel’s
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.

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