
    UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Balaam RODRIGUEZ, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 02-20688.
    Conference Calendar
    United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
    Oct. 22, 2003.
    James Lee Turner, Assistant US Attorney, US Attorney’s Office, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    Balaam Rodriguez, Beaumont, TX, pro se.
    
      Before KING, Chief Judge, and JOLLY and STEWART, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM.

Counsel appointed to represent Balaam Rodriguez has filed a motion for leave to withdraw 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). Rodriguez has not filed a response. Our independent review of the brief and the record discloses no nonfrivolous issue in this direct appeal. 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. 
      
       Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.
     