Case: 09-20450 Document: 00511274642 Page: 1 Date Filed: 10/26/2010

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

FILED October 26, 2010 No. 09-20450 Conference Calendar Lyle W. Cayce Clerk

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

SEVERIANO MENDEZ-FLORES,

Defendant-Appellant

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas USDC No. 4:08-CR-729-1

Before SMITH, DENNIS, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM:* The Federal Public Defender appointed to represent Severiano Mendez- Flores has moved for leave to withdraw and has filed a brief in accordance with Anders v. California,

(1967). Mendez-Flores has filed a response. Our independent review of the record, counsel’s brief, and Mendez-Flores’s response 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 5 TH C IR. 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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR .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.