Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Everardo PUENTE, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2010-04-20
Citations: 373 F. App'x 518
Docket Number: No. 09-10189
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Everardo PUENTE, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before SMITH, PRADO, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 373
Pages: 518–518

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Everardo PUENTE, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 09-10189
Conference Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
April 20, 2010.
Susan Cowger, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Dallas, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Everardo Puente, Yazoo City, MS, pro se.
Before SMITH, PRADO, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
The Federal Public Defender appointed to represent Everardo Puente 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). Puente has filed a response. The record is insufficiently developed to allow consideration at this time of Puente'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 Puente'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.
Pursuant to 5tii Cir R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5ni Cir. R. 47.5.4.