     Case: 17-50271      Document: 00514360419         Page: 1    Date Filed: 02/23/2018




           IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                    FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT


                                     No. 17-50271
                                   c/w No. 17-50303
                                                                         United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                  Fifth Circuit

                                  Summary Calendar                              FILED
                                                                         February 23, 2018
                                                                           Lyle W. Cayce
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,                                                       Clerk

                                                 Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

JOSE RAMIREZ-AYALA,

                                                 Defendant-Appellant



                  Appeals from the United States District Court
                        for the Western District of Texas
                            USDC No. 2:17-CR-197-1
                            USDC No. 2:16-CR-1100-1


Before JOLLY, OWEN, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM: *
       The Federal Public Defender appointed to represent Jose Ramirez-Ayala
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). Ramirez-Ayala has not filed a response. We have reviewed


       * 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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH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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                                No. 17-50271
                              c/w No. 17-50303

counsel’s brief and the relevant portions of the record reflected therein. We
concur with counsel’s assessment that the appeals present 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
APPEALS ARE DISMISSED. See 5TH CIR. R. 42.2.




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