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Parties Involved:
Marc Schwartz
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 14-50038

Summary Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

MARC SCHWARTZ,

Defendant-Appellant

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Western District of Texas

USDC No. 3:10-CR-2284-2

Before DAVIS, CLEMENT and COSTA, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Marc Schwartz appeals his conviction for conspiring to engage in 

racketeering for which he was sentenced to 96 months of imprisonment and 

three years of supervised release and ordered to pay $6,819,723.87 in 

restitution. He contends that trial counsel was ineffective for filing deficient 

pretrial motions and a deficient sentencing memorandum and for failing to 

object to the district court’s denial of the Government’s motion for a downward 

* 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

January 5, 2015

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

 

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departure. Pretermitting the timeliness of Schwartz’s notice of appeal, we 

decline to review these claims on direct appeal because the record is not 

sufficiently developed to determine whether trial counsel was ineffective. See 

United States v. Isgar, 739 F.3d 829, 841 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 135 S. Ct. 123 

(2014). This determination is without prejudice to Schwartz’s ability to raise 

his claims in a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 proceeding. 

The judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.

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