
    UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Jose Candelario VILLATORO-ESCO-BAR, also known as Jose Villatoro-Escobar, also known as Jose C. Villa-toro, also known as Fidel Billatoro, also known as Juan Garcia, also known as Jose Candelario Villatoro Escobar, also known as Jose Cadelfar-io Villatoro, also known as Jose Uma-na, also known as Jose Villatoro, also known as Jose Candelar Villatoro-Es-cobar, also known as Jesse Portilla, also known as Jose Cadelario Villato-ro, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 09-20124
    Summary Calendar.
    United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
    Dec. 17, 2009.
    James Lee Turner, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    Lee Wilson, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
    Before GARZA, CLEMENT, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM:

The attorney appointed to represent Jose Candelario Villatoro-Escobar (Villa-toro) has moved for leave to withdraw and has filed a brief in accordance with Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967). Villatoro has filed a response. Our independent review of the record, counsel’s brief, and Villatoro’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 5th CiR. R. 42.2. Villatoro’s request to proceed pro se on appeal is DENIED. See United States v. Wagner, 158 F.3d 901, 902-03 (5th Cir.1998). 
      
      
         Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.
     