           IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                    FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT  United States Court of Appeals
                                                    Fifth Circuit

                                                 FILED
                                                                        September 21, 2009
                                     No. 08-41100
                                   Summary Calendar                    Charles R. Fulbruge III
                                                                               Clerk

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                                  Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.

LEOPOLDO SANCHEZ-RODRIGUEZ,

                                                  Defendant-Appellant.


                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                        for the Southern District of Texas
                             USDC No. 2:08-CR-315-1


Before JOLLY, WIENER, and ELROD, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
       The federal public defender appointed to represent Leopoldo Sanchez-
Rodriguez has moved for leave to withdraw and has filed a brief in accordance
with Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967). Sanchez-Rodriguez has not filed
a response. Our independent review of the record and counsel’s brief discloses
no nonfrivolous issue for appeal. 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.

       *
         Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir.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.
