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Parties Involved:
Gregory D Lewis
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 05-40774

Conference Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

GREGORY D LEWIS,

Defendant-Appellant

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Eastern District of Texas

USDC No. 5:04-CR-19-1

Before DAVIS, SMITH, and WIENER, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

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The Federal Public Defender appointed to represent Gregory D. Lewis has

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

California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967). Lewis has filed a response. To the extent that

Lewis has raised a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel, the record is

insufficiently developed to allow consideration at this time of his claim; 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

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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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 Lewis’s response discloses

no nonfrivolous issue for appeal. Accordingly, counsel’s 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. Lewis’s motion to

substitute counsel is DENIED.

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