Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Tommy Earl LANDRUM, Jr., Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-02-04
Citations: 409 F. App'x 809
Docket Number: No. 10-50478
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Tommy Earl LANDRUM, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before WIENER, PRADO, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 409
Pages: 809–809

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Tommy Earl LANDRUM, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.
No. 10-50478
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Feb. 4, 2011.
Joseph H. Gay, Jr., Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
John Richard Donahue, Waco, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before WIENER, PRADO, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
The attorney appointed to represent Tommy Earl Landrum, Jr., 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). Landrum has filed a response. The record is insufficiently developed to allow consideration at this time of Land-rum's claim of ineffective assistance of counsel; such a claim generally "cannot be resolved on direct appeal when the claim has 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 Landrum'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Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.