United States v. Larry Hays

Case: 13-10977 Document: 00512634822 Page: 1 Date Filed: 05/19/2014 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 13-10977 Summary Calendar United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit FILED May 19, 2014 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Lyle W. Cayce Clerk Plaintiff-Appellee v. LARRY STEVE HAYS, Defendant-Appellant Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas USDC No. 1:13-CR-6-1 Before JOLLY, SMITH, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: * The attorney appointed to represent Larry Steve Hays 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). Hays has filed a response and a request for the appointment of counsel. The record is not sufficiently developed to allow us to make a fair evaluation of Hays’s claims of ineffective assistance of counsel; we therefore decline to * 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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.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. Case: 13-10977 Document: 00512634822 Page: 2 Date Filed: 05/19/2014 No. 13-10977 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 Hays’s response. We concur with counsel’s assessment that the appeal presents no nonfrivolous issue for appellate review. Accordingly, Hays’s motion for the appointment of counsel is DENIED, 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. 2