Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Victor Ruiz HERNANDEZ, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2010-06-22
Citations: 383 F. App'x 433
Docket Number: No. 09-10334
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Victor Ruiz HERNANDEZ, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before JOLLY, STEWART, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 383
Pages: 433–434

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Victor Ruiz HERNANDEZ, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 09-10334
Conference Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
June 22, 2010.
Susan B. Cowger, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Dallas, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Denver Gray McCarty, Denton, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before JOLLY, STEWART, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.

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Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.