United States v. Hugo Montes

Case: 18-51057 Document: 00515106002 Page: 1 Date Filed: 09/05/2019
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
No. 18-51057
FILED
September 5, 2019
Conference Calendar
Lyle W. Cayce
Clerk
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee
v.
HUGO ALBERTO MONTES,
Defendant-Appellant
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Western District of Texas
USDC No. 3:18-CR-410-3
Before DENNIS, OWEN, and HO, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM: *
The attorney appointed to represent Hugo Alberto Montes 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).
Montes has filed a response. The record is not sufficiently developed to allow
us to make a fair evaluation of Montes’s claims of ineffective assistance of
* 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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH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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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 Montes’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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