                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                         FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT


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                               No. 00-20612
                             Summary Calendar

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                                      Plaintiff-Appellee,

                                  versus

GENE LESSLEY PRICE,

                                                     Defendant-Appellant.


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           Appeal from the United States District Court
                for the Southern District of Texas
                      USDC No. H-99-CR-313-2
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                        September 19, 2001


Before JONES, SMITH, and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.*

PER CURIAM:

           Counsel for Gene Lessley Price has moved for leave to

withdraw and has filed a brief as required by Anders v. California,

386 U.S. 738 (1967). Price has received copies of counsel’s motion

and brief and has filed a response.        Our independent review of the

brief, the response, and the record discloses no nonfrivolous issue


     *
            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opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited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.
for appeal.     See id.   Accordingly, counsel’s motion for leave to

withdraw   is     GRANTED,   counsel     is   excused      from   further

responsibilities herein, Price’s motion for new counsel is DENIED,

and Price’s APPEAL IS DISMISSED.       5th Cir. R. 42.2.
