Case: 19-40609      Document: 00515401017         Page: 1    Date Filed: 04/30/2020




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

                                    No. 19-40609
                                                                                 Fifth Circuit

                                                                               FILED
                                 Conference Calendar                       April 30, 2020
                                                                          Lyle W. Cayce
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,                                                      Clerk


                                                 Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

RAUL LARA, JR.,

                                                 Defendant-Appellant


                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                        for the Southern District of Texas
                            USDC No. 2:18-CR-1372-1


Before JONES, HIGGINSON, and OLDHAM, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM: *
       The attorney appointed to represent Raul Lara, Jr., has moved for leave
to withdraw and has filed a brief in accordance with Anders v. California, 

(1967), and United States v. Flores, 

(5th Cir. 2011). Lara
has not filed a response. We have reviewed counsel’s brief and the relevant
portions of the record 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




       * 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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH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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excused from further responsibilities herein, and the APPEAL IS DISMISSED.
See 5TH CIR. R. 42.2.
      Judge Higginson would deny counsel’s dismissal and direct counsel to
file either a supplemental Anders brief or a merits brief.




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