IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 00-20186 Summary Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus EDWARDO GONZALEZ-RAMIREZ, Defendant-Appellant.

-------------------- Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas USDC No. H-99-CR-543-1 -------------------- November 20, 2000 Before SMITH, BENAVIDES, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:* Court-appointed counsel for Edwardo Gonzalez-Ramirez has moved for leave to withdraw and has filed a brief as required by Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967). Gonzalez-Ramirez did not file a response to counsel’s motion to withdraw. Our independent review of counsel’s brief and the record discloses no nonfrivolous appellate issue. 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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.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.