Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Oscar GUAJARDO, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-06-21
Citations: 429 F. App'x 428
Docket Number: No. 10-20601
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Oscar GUAJARDO, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before JONES, Chief Judge, and STEWART and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 429
Pages: 428–428

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Oscar GUAJARDO, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 10-20601
Conference Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
June 21, 2011.
James Lee Turner, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Clinard J. Hanby, Esq., The Woodlands, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before JONES, Chief Judge, and STEWART and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
The attorney appointed to represent Oscar Guajardo 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), and United States v. Flores, 632 F.3d 229 (5th Cir.2011). Guajardo has filed a response. The record is insufficiently developed to allow consideration at this time of Guajardo's claims 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). We have reviewed counsel's brief and the relevant portions of the record reflected therein, as well as Guajardo's response. We concur with counsel's assessment that the appeal presents no nonfrivolous issue for appellate review. 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. Guajardo's motion to place his response under seal is GRANTED.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.