Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Andrew Robert COATS, also known as Bob Coats, also known as Bob Johnson, also known as Bill Thomas, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2010-10-26
Citations: 398 F. App'x 948
Docket Number: No. 10-40105
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Andrew Robert COATS, also known as Bob Coats, also known as Bob Johnson, also known as Bill Thomas, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before SMITH, DENNIS, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 398
Pages: 948–948

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Andrew Robert COATS, also known as Bob Coats, also known as Bob Johnson, also known as Bill Thomas, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 10-40105
Conference Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Oct. 26, 2010.
Traci Lynne Kenner, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Tyler, TX, Tamara Lynn Reno, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Plano, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Frank Warren Henderson, Esq., Assistant Federal Public Defender, Office of the Federal Defender, Frisco, TX, Amy R. Blalock, Federal Defender’s Office, Tyler, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before SMITH, DENNIS, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
The Federal Public Defender appointed to represent Andrew Robert Coats 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). Coats has filed a response. The record is insufficiently developed to allow consideration at this time of Coats'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 Coats's response discloses no nonfrivolous 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Pursuant to 5th Cir R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.