Case: 25-10219 Document: 41-1 Page: 1 Date Filed: 08/13/2025

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ____________ United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit No. 25-10219 FILED Summary Calendar August 13, 2025 ____________ Lyle W. Cayce United States of America, Clerk

Plaintiff—Appellee, versus Nicholas Bryan Darcus, Defendant—Appellant. ______________________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas USDC No. 7:24-CR-12-6 ______________________________ Before King, Haynes, and Ho, Circuit Judges.

Per Curiam: * The attorney appointed to represent Nicholas Bryan Darcus has moved for leave to withdraw and has filed a brief in accordance with Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), and United States v. Flores, 632 F.3d 229 (5th Cir. 2011). Darcus has filed a response. The record is not sufficiently developed to allow us to make a fair evaluation of Darcus’s claims of _____________________ * This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.

Case: 25-10219 Document: 41-1 Page: 2 Date Filed: 08/13/2025

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ineffective assistance of counsel; we therefore decline to consider the claims without prejudice to collateral review. See United States v. Isgar, 739 F.3d 829, 841 (5th Cir. 2014).

We have reviewed counsel’s brief and the relevant portions of the record reflected therein, as well as Darcus’s response. We concur with counsel’s assessment that the appeal presents no nonfrivolous issue for appellate review. 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.