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Parties Involved:
Lorenzo Morales
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 09-51050

Conference Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

LORENZO MORALES,

Defendant-Appellant

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Western District of Texas

USDC No. 4:09-CR-101-4

Before DAVIS, SMITH, and WIENER, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

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The attorney appointed to represent Lorenzo Morales has moved for leave

to withdraw and has filed a brief in accordance with Anders v. California, 386

U.S. 738 (1967). Morales has filed a response. The record is insufficiently

developed to allow consideration at this time of Morales’s claim 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 v.

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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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

Morales’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.

Morales’s motion to appoint new counsel is DENIED.

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