Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Jose Luis JAIMES, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2010-09-01
Citations: 394 F. App'x 93
Docket Number: No. 09-41145
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Jose Luis JAIMES, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before KING, BENAVIDES, and ELROD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 394
Pages: 93–94

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Jose Luis JAIMES, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 09-41145
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Sept. 1, 2010.
James Lee Turner, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Guillermo Ruben Garcia, Laredo, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before KING, BENAVIDES, and ELROD, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
The attorney appointed to represent Jose Luis Jaimes 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). Jaimes has filed a response. The record is insufficiently developed to allow consideration at this time of Jaimes'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 Jaimes'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Pursuant to 5th Cir R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.