Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dorian Lee BENOIT, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2010-04-07
Citations: 372 F. App'x 541
Docket Number: No. 08-30680
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dorian Lee BENOIT, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before DAVIS, SMITH, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 372
Pages: 541–542

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dorian Lee BENOIT, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 08-30680
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
April 7, 2010.
Brett L. Grayson, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office Western Dis trict of Louisiana, Lafayette, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Mark David Plaisance, Baker, LA, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before DAVIS, SMITH, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
The attorney appointed to represent Dorian Benoit 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). Benoit has filed a response.
The record is insufficiently developed to allow consideration, at this time, of Be-noit'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 Benoit's response discloses no nonfriv-olous 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Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.