Case: 18-40322 Document: 00514699289 Page: 1 Date Filed: 10/26/2018
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
No. 18-40322 United States Court of Appeals
Conference Calendar
Fifth Circuit
FILED
October 26, 2018
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Lyle W. Cayce
Clerk
Plaintiff-Appellee
v.
ALEJANDRO DE LA LUZ-RAMOS,
Defendant-Appellant
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Texas
USDC No. 1:13-CR-26-1
Before REAVLEY, OWEN, and GRAVES, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM: *
The Federal Public Defender appointed to represent Alejandro De La
Luz-Ramos 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). De La Luz-Ramos has filed a response. The record
is not sufficiently developed to allow us to make a fair evaluation of De La Luz-
Ramos’s claims of the denial of his Sixth Amendment right to effective
* 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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH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 De La Luz-Ramos’s response. We concur with
counsel’s assessment that the appeal presents no nonfrivolous issue for
appellate review. Accordingly, 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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