Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Charles Stewart WELLONS, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2003-12-08
Citations: 82 F. App'x 319
Docket Number: No. 03-4524
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Charles Stewart WELLONS, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 82
Pages: 319–320

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Charles Stewart WELLONS, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 03-4524.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted Nov. 19, 2003.
Decided Dec. 8, 2003.
Margaret A. Chamberlain, Greenville, South Carolina, for Appellant. Elizabeth Jean Howard, Office of the United States Attorney, Greenville, South Carolina, for Appellee.
Before WILKINSON and GREGORY, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c).

Opinion:
OPINION
PER CURIAM.
Charles Stewart Wellons appeals from the district court's order revoking his supervised release and sentencing him to nine months' imprisonment after he admitted to a violation of his supervised release. Wellons' attorney has filed a brief pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), representing that, in her view, there are no meritorious issues for appeal, but raising the issues of whether the district court erred in imposing a nine-month sentence and whether counsel was ineffective during the revocation proceedings. Although informed of his right to do so, Wellons has not filed a pro se supplemental brief. Finding no meritorious issues and no error by the district court, we affirm the revocation order and the nine-month sentence.
In light of Wellons' admission that he committed the first alleged violation of his supervision, we find no error by the district court in revoking his supervised release and imposing a nine-month sentence. See 18 U.S.C.A. § 3583(e)(3) (West 2000 & Supp.2003); United States v. Davis, 53 F.3d 638, 642-43 (4th Cir.1995).
Wellons also contends that counsel was ineffective during the revocation proceedings. A claim of ineffective assistance of counsel must first be raised in the district court in a motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (2000), unless the record conclusively establishes ineffective assistance. United States v. Richardson, 195 F.3d 192, 198 (4th Cir.1999); United States v. King, 119 F.3d 290, 295 (4th Cir.1997). Because the record does not conclusively show that counsel was ineffective, we decline to address this claim at this time.
In accordance with Anders, we have independently reviewed the entire record and find no meritorious issues for appeal. Accordingly, we deny Wellons' motion for substitution of counsel and affirm the district court's order revoking his supervised release and imposing a nine-month sentence. This court requires that counsel inform his client, in writing, of his right to petition the Supreme Court of the United States for further review. If the client requests that a petition be filed, but counsel believes that such a petition would be frivolous, then counsel may move in this court for leave to withdraw from representation. Counsel's motion must state that a copy thereof was served on the client. We deny Wellons' motion for oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED