Case: 20-50571 Document: 00515919636 Page: 1 Date Filed: 06/29/2021
United States Court of Appeals
for the Fifth Circuit United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
FILED
June 29, 2021
No. 20-50571 Lyle W. Cayce
Conference Calendar Clerk
United States of America,
Plaintiff—Appellee,
versus
Sonny Allen Thomas,
Defendant—Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Western District of Texas
USDC No. 1:19-CR-96-1
Before Graves, Willett, and Duncan, Circuit Judges.
Per Curiam:*
The attorney appointed to represent Sonny Allen Thomas 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). Thomas has filed a response. We have reviewed counsel’s
*
Pursuant to 5th Circuit Rule 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opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited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 Circuit Rule 47.5.4.
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brief and the relevant portions of the record reflected therein, as well as
Thomas’s response. 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 excused from
further responsibilities herein, and the appeal is DISMISSED. See 5th
Cir. R. 42.2. Thomas’s pro se motion to postpone disposition of his appeal
is DENIED.
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