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Parties Involved:
Samuel Ucles
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 09-40787

Summary Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

SAMUEL UCLES,

Defendant-Appellant

Appeal from the United States District Court

for Southern the District of Texas

USDC No. 5:08-CR-1940-1

Before JOLLY, WIENER, and ELROD, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

*

The Federal Public Defender appointed to represent Samuel Ucles has

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

California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967). Ucles has filed a response. With respect to

Ucles’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. Cantwell, 470 F.3d 1087, 1091 (5th Cir. 2006)

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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(internal quotation marks and citation omitted). With respect to Ucles’s

remaining claims, our independent review of the record, the response, and

counsel’s brief 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.

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