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Parties Involved:
Gilberto Rueda
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 09-40884

Conference Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

GILBERTO RUEDA,

Defendant-Appellant

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Eastern District of Texas

USDC No. 1:08-CR-112-1

Before DAVIS, SMITH, and WIENER, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

*

The Federal Public Defender appointed to represent Gilberto Rueda has

moved for leave to withdraw and has filed a brief in accordance with Anders v.

California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967). Rueda has filed a response. The record is

insufficiently developed to allow consideration at this time of Rueda’s claims of

ineffective assistance of counsel; such claims generally “cannot be resolved on

direct appeal when [they have] not been raised before the district court since no

opportunity existed to develop the record on the merits of the allegations.”

United States Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit

F I L E D

August 17, 2010

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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.

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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 Rueda’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.

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