Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Louis Leon WALTERS, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2009-11-30
Citations: 353 F. App'x 958
Docket Number: No. 08-40684
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Louis Leon WALTERS, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before DAVIS, SMITH, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 353
Pages: 958–958

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Louis Leon WALTERS, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 08-40684
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Nov. 30, 2009.
Randall Lynn Fluke, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Texas, Beaumont, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Todd Weldon LeBlanc, Beaumont, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before DAVIS, SMITH, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
The attorney appointed to represent Louis Leon Walters 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). Walters has filed a response. The record is insufficiently developed to allow consideration at this time of Walters's claim 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 Walters's response discloses no nonfrivo-lous 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Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.