                     UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                          FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
                          _____________________

                                 No. 99-40670
                               Summary Calendar
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                        UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                                       Plaintiff-Appellee,

                                    versus

                   CECILIO ISIDRO HERNANDEZ-CASTILLO,

                                             Defendant-Appellant.
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           Appeal from the United States District Court
                for the Southern District of Texas
                          (B-98-CR-520-1)
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                           March 2, 2000

Before SMITH, BARKSDALE, and PARKER, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

      The Federal Public Defender appointed to represent Cecilio

Isidro Hernandez-Castillo (convicted, on a guilty plea, for illegal

reentry) has moved for leave to withdraw and has filed a brief as

required by Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967).            Hernandez-

Castillo   did    not   respond    to   the   motion   to   withdraw.    Our

independent review of counsel’s brief and the record discloses no

nonfrivolous issue.        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.


      *
      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this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except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.
    DISMISSED




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