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Summary: Case: 18-40944 Document: 00515261053 Page: 1 Date Filed: 01/07/2020 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals No. 18-40944 Fifth Circuit FILED Conference Calendar January 7, 2020 Lyle W. Cayce UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Clerk Plaintiff-Appellee v. LEANDRO CORTEZ-ZAMORA, Defendant-Appellant Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas USDC No. 1:18-cr-10-4 Before DAVIS, SMITH, and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges. PER CURI
Summary: Case: 18-40944 Document: 00515261053 Page: 1 Date Filed: 01/07/2020 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals No. 18-40944 Fifth Circuit FILED Conference Calendar January 7, 2020 Lyle W. Cayce UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Clerk Plaintiff-Appellee v. LEANDRO CORTEZ-ZAMORA, Defendant-Appellant Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas USDC No. 1:18-cr-10-4 Before DAVIS, SMITH, and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges. PER CURIA..
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Case: 18-40944 Document: 00515261053 Page: 1 Date Filed: 01/07/2020
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
United States Court of Appeals
No. 18-40944
Fifth Circuit
FILED
Conference Calendar January 7, 2020
Lyle W. Cayce
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Clerk
Plaintiff-Appellee
v.
LEANDRO CORTEZ-ZAMORA,
Defendant-Appellant
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Texas
USDC No. 1:18-cr-10-4
Before DAVIS, SMITH, and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM: *
The attorney appointed to represent Leandro Cortez-Zamora 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). Cortez-Zamora has filed a response with an incorporated motion
for appointment of new counsel. The record is not sufficiently developed to
allow us to make a fair evaluation of Cortez-Zamora’s claims of 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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH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. 2014).
We have reviewed counsel’s brief and the relevant portions of the record
reflected therein, as well as Cortez-Zamora’s response. We concur with
counsel’s assessment that the appeal presents no nonfrivolous issue for
appellate review. Accordingly, the motion for appointment of new counsel is
DENIED, 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.
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