Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Jose Antonio CARBAJAL-SOTO, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-08-16
Citations: 486 F. App'x 435
Docket Number: No. 11-40638
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Jose Antonio CARBAJAL-SOTO, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before WIENER, ELROD, and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 486
Pages: 435–436

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Jose Antonio CARBAJAL-SOTO, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 11-40638.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Aug. 16, 2012.
Renata Ann Gowie, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Marjorie A. Meyers, Federal Public Defender, Laura Fletcher Leavitt, Margaret Christina Ling, Assistant Federal Public Defenders, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before WIENER, ELROD, and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
A member of this panel previously carried with the case the Federal Public Defender's motion to withdraw as counsel and further ordered the filing of a supplemental Anders brief or a brief on the merits. The panel has considered the Federal Public Defender's motion for reconsideration. IT IS ORDERED that the motion is GRANTED.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the motion for an extension of 30 days from the date of this ruling to file appellant's brief is DENIED AS MOOT.
The Federal Public Defender appointed to represent Jose Antonio Carbajal-Soto 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). Carbajal-Soto has filed a response, which includes a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel. The record is insufficiently developed to allow consideration at this time of Carbajal-Soto's claim of ineffective assis tance 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) (quotation marks and citation omitted). We have reviewed counsel's brief and the relevant portions of the record reflected therein, as well as Carbajal-Soto's response. We concur with counsel's assessment that the appeal presents no nonfrivolous issue for appellate review. 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. Carbajal-Soto's motion for the appointment of 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.