
    UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lester Charles HAWKINS, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 02-41277.
    Summary Calendar.
    United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
    Feb. 18, 2004.
    Jim Middleton, Assistant US Attorney, US Attorney’s Office, Tyler, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    Lester Charles Hawkins, Seagoville, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
    Before HIGGINBOTHAM, DAVIS and PRADO, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM.

Court-appointed counsel for Lester Charles Hawkins has moved for leave to withdraw from this direct appeal and has filed a brief as required by Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967). Hawkins has received a copy of counsel’s motion and brief but has not filed a response. Our independent review of the brief and the record discloses no nonfrivolous issue in this appeal. 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      Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.
     