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Parties Involved:
Derrick Harris
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-11069

Summary Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

DERRICK HARRIS,

Defendant-Appellant

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Northern District of Texas

USDC No. 3:14-CR-104-1

Before DAVIS, JONES, and GRAVES, Circuit Judges. 

PER CURIAM:*

The Federal Public Defender appointed to represent Derrick Harris has 

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

California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), and United States v. Flores, 632 F.3d 229 (5th 

Cir. 2011). Harris has filed a response in which he alleges that his counsel 

erroneously advised him that he would be eligible for the prison’s residential 

drug abuse program. The record is not sufficiently developed to allow us to 

 

* 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.

United States Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit

FILED

July 6, 2016

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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make a fair evaluation of Harris’s claim of ineffective assistance of counsel; we 

therefore decline to consider the claim without prejudice to collateral review. 

See United States v. Isgar, 739 F.3d 829, 841 (5th Cir. 2014).

We have reviewed counsel’s brief and the relevant portions of the record 

reflected therein, as well as Harris’s response. We concur with counsel’s 

assessment that the appeal presents no nonfrivolous issue for appellate review. 

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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