400 F. App'x 924

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Kevin Moran SMITH, Defendant-Appellant.

No. 09-41195

Summary Calendar.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Nov. 4, 2010.

Heather Harris Rattan, Esq., Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Plano, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Heather Jean Barbieri, Plano, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, SMITH, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM: *

The attorney appointed to represent Kevin Moran Smith 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). Smith has filed a response. The record is insufficiently developed to allow consideration at this time of Smith’s claim of ineffective assistance of counsel; such claims generally “cannot be resolved on direct appeal when [they have] not been raised *925before the district court since no opportunity existed to develop the record on the merits of the allegations.” United States v. Cantwell, 470 F.3d 1087, 1091 (5th Cir.2006) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted). Our independent review of the record, counsel’s brief, and Smith’s response discloses no nonfrivolous issue for 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.

United States v. Smith
400 F. App'x 924

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