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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Terrell Quante LEDBETTER, Defendant—Appellant.
    No. 06-4899.
    United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
    Submitted: Aug. 31, 2007.
    Decided: Oct. 3, 2007.
    Sandra J. Barrett, Asheville, North Carolina, for Appellant. Gretchen C.F. Shap-pert, United States Attorney, Charlotte, North Carolina, Amy E. Ray, Assistant United States Attorney, Asheville, North Carolina, for Appellee.
    Before MICHAEL, MOTZ, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.
    Affirmed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
    Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
   PER CURIAM:

Terrell Quante Ledbetter pled guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base and was sentenced to 210 months of imprisonment. On appeal, Ledbettter alleges that his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance for failing to argue at sentencing previously filed objections to his presentence report. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

Claims of ineffective assistance of counsel are not cognizable on direct appeal, unless the record conclusively establishes ineffective assistance. United States v. James, 337 F.3d 387, 391 (4th Cir.2003); United States v. Richardson, 195 F.3d 192, 198 (4th Cir.1999). Rather, to allow for adequate development of the record, claims of ineffective assistance generally should be brought in a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (2000) motion. United States v. Hoyle, 33 F.3d 415, 418 (4th Cir.1994). We find that ineffective assistance of counsel is not conclusively established on the record before us.

Accordingly, we affirm. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED.