Conference Calendar UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. Edwin Charles Fortes, Jr

* 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should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited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.
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
No. 05-41012
Conference Calendar
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Plaintiff-Appellee
v.
EDWIN CHARLES FORTES, JR
Defendant-Appellant
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Texas
USDC No. 1:04-CR-86-ALL
Before JOLLY, BENAVIDES, and STEWART, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
The Federal Public Defender appointed to represent Edwin Charles
Fortes, Jr., has moved for leave to withdraw and has filed a brief in accordance
with Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967). Fortes has filed a response. The
record is insufficiently developed to allow consideration at this time of Fortes’s
claims of ineffective assistance of counsel. See United States v. Cantwell, 470
F.3d 1087, 1091 (5th Cir. 2006). Our independent review of the record, counsel’s
United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
F I L E D
October 25, 2007
Charles R. Fulbruge III
Clerk

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brief, and Fortes’s response discloses no nonfrivolous issue for appeal.
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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