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Parties Involved:
United States of America
Appellee
Sabina Luna Valdez
Appellant

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 09-30480

Conference Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

SABINA LUNA VALDEZ,

Defendant-Appellant

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Western District of Louisiana

USDC No. 6:06-CR-60074-8

Before JOLLY, STEWART, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

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The attorney appointed to represent Sabina Luna Valdez has moved for

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

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

developed to allow consideration at this time of Valdez’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 v.

United States Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit

F I L E D

June 22, 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

Valdez’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. Valdez’s motion for appointment of substitute counsel is DENIED. Cf.

United States v. Wagner, 158 F.3d 901, 902-03 (5th Cir. 1998).

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