Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Arnulfo HERNANDEZ-MOLINA, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2008-07-30
Citations: 285 F. App'x 195
Docket Number: No. 07-50954
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Arnulfo HERNANDEZ-MOLINA, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before JOLLY, BENAVIDES, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 285
Pages: 195–196

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Arnulfo HERNANDEZ-MOLINA, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 07-50954
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
July 30, 2008.
Joseph H. Gay, Jr., Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Texas, San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Miguel A. Torres, El Paso, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before JOLLY, BENAVIDES, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
The attorney appointed to represent Arnulfo Hernandez-Molina 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). Following the filing of counsel's Anders motion, Hernandez-Molina filed a motion seeking appointment of counsel. The record is insufficiently developed to allow consideration at this time of Hernandez-Molina'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 and counsel's brief 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. Hernandez-Molina's motion for appointment of counsel is DENIED. See United States v. Wagner, 158 F.3d 901, 902-03 (5th Cir.1998).
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.