Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Noah HALEY, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2009-10-20
Citations: 348 F. App'x 996
Docket Number: No. 09-40093
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Noah HALEY, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before WIENER, BENAVIDES, and STEWART, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 348
Pages: 996–997

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Noah HALEY, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 09-40093
Conference Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Oct. 20, 2009.
Heather Harris Rattan, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Plano, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Kimberly S. Keller, The Keller Law Firm, San Antonio, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before WIENER, BENAVIDES, and STEWART, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
The attorney appointed to represent Noah Haley has moved for leave to withdraw and has filed a brief in accordance with Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967). Haley has filed a response. The record is insufficiently developed to allow consideration at this time of Haley'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) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted). Our independent review of the record, counsel's brief, and Haley's response discloses no nonfrivolous issue for appeal. 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.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.