Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Rafael GONZALEZ, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2009-10-20
Citations: 334 F. App'x 720
Docket Number: No. 07-11237
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Rafael GONZALEZ, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before WIENER, BENAVIDES, and STEWART, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 334
Pages: 720–721

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Rafael GONZALEZ, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 07-11237
Conference Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Oct. 20, 2009.
Christopher R. Wolfe, U.S. Attorney’s Office Northern District of Texas, Fort Worth, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Shawn Wesley Paschall, Westfall Platt Cutrer & Paschall, Fort Worth, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before WIENER, BENAVIDES, and STEWART, Circuit Judges.

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Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.