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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Brandon BAGNELL, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 02-30344. D.C. No. CR-02-00002-DWM.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted July 21, 2003.
    
    Decided July 24, 2003.
    Before LEAVY, HAWKINS, and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Brandon Bagnell appeals his conviction after a jury found him guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We affirm.

Bagnell contends his conviction should be vacated because he was denied effective assistance of counsel in violation of the Sixth Amendment. Bagnell’s claim of ineffective assistance of counsel is inappropriate on direct appeal because the record is not sufficiently developed to allow review, and the legal representation was not so inadequate that it clearly denied Bagnell his Sixth Amendment right to counsel. See United States v. Reyes-Platero, 224 F.3d 1112, 1116 (9th Cir.2000) (holding that record insufficiently developed to review ineffective assistance claim where trial counsel’s motives unclear).

AFFIRMED. 
      
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