Case: 16-40296      Document: 00513804675         Page: 1    Date Filed: 12/20/2016




           IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                    FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT


                                    No. 16-40296
                                 Conference Calendar
                                                                         United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                  Fifth Circuit

                                                                                FILED
                                                                        December 20, 2016
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
                                                                           Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                Clerk
                                                 Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

RODEMILIO VASQUEZ SANCHEZ,

                                                 Defendant-Appellant


                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                        for the Southern District of Texas
                             USDC No. 5:16-CR-77-1


Before DENNIS, PRADO, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM: *
       The Federal Public Defender appointed to represent Rodemilio Vasquez
Sanchez 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). Vasquez Sanchez has filed a response. We have
reviewed counsel’s brief and the relevant portions of the record reflected
therein, as well as Vasquez Sanchez’s response. We concur with counsel’s


       * 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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH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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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. Vasquez Sanchez’s pro se motions for the appointment of
counsel and to construe his response as a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion are
DENIED.




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