Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Jim Wesley DAVIS, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2009-08-18
Citations: 333 F. App'x 866
Docket Number: No. 08-10825
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Jim Wesley DAVIS, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before HIGGINBOTHAM, DAVIS, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 333
Pages: 866–866

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Jim Wesley DAVIS, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 08-10825
Conference Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Aug. 18, 2009.
Kim L. McCabe, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Texas, Dallas, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Jim Wesley Davis, Seagoville, TX, pro se.
Before HIGGINBOTHAM, DAVIS, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
The Federal Public Defender appointed to represent Jim Wesley Davis 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). Davis has filed a response. The record is insufficiently developed to allow consideration at this time of Davis'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 Davis's response discloses no nonfrivolous issue for appeal. Accordingly, counsel's 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Pursuant to 5th Cir R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.