Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Morris Dwayne TURNER, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2009-04-30
Citations: 325 F. App'x 342
Docket Number: No. 07-40693
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Morris Dwayne TURNER, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 325
Pages: 342–342

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Morris Dwayne TURNER, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 07-40693
Conference Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
April 30, 2009.
Milton Andrew Stover, U.S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of Texas, Plano, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
John Timothy Borah, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before JONES, Chief Judge, and JOLLY and ELROD, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
The attorney appointed to represent Morris Dwayne Turner 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). Turner has filed a response. The record is insufficiently developed to allow consideration at this time of Turner's claims 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 Turner'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.
Turner's motion to remove counsel and proceed pro se 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Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir R. 47.5.4.