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Case: 16-51089      Document: 00514287163         Page: 1    Date Filed: 12/28/2017

           IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                    FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
                                                                         United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                  Fifth Circuit

                                    No. 16-51089                                FILED
                                  Summary Calendar                      December 28, 2017
                                                                           Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                Clerk
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                                 Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

CARL WAYNE WILEY,

                                                 Defendant-Appellant

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                        for the Western District of Texas
                             USDC No. 2:14-CR-922-1

Before DAVIS, CLEMENT, and COSTA, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM: *
       Carl Wayne Wiley appeals his jury-trial conviction and 571-month
sentence for attempting to kill a federal agent, assaulting or resisting a federal
agent, and two related firearm crimes. His sentence included consecutive
sentences of 10 and 25 years for the firearm crimes under 18 U.S.C. § 924.
       Wiley first contends that trial counsel was ineffective for failing to advise
him that he faced mandatory consecutive sentences if convicted of the firearm

       * 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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH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.
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                                  No. 16-51089

crimes.   He also asserts other instances of ineffectiveness.       Although the
district court allowed the parties to make a limited record concerning the
failure to advise of consecutive sentences, the record is otherwise insufficiently
developed for us to decide on direct appeal the issue of trial counsel’s
ineffectiveness. See United States v. Isgar, 739 F.3d 829, 841 (5th Cir. 2014);
United States v. London, 568 F.3d 553, 562 (5th Cir. 2009) (declining to address
an ineffective-assistance claim that was raised in the district court). The issue
may be raised in a proceeding under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. See London, 568 F.3d
at 562.
      In addition, Wiley asserts that he was compelled to bargain away his
right to file pro se motions in order to get the appointed counsel of his choice.
This claim is reviewed only for plain error because it was not raised in the
district court.   See Puckett v. United States, 556 U.S. 129, 135 (2009).
Accordingly, Wiley must at least show that a legal error was “clear or obvious,
rather than subject to reasonable dispute.” Id. If he does so, and if he also
shows that the error affected his substantial rights, this court has the
discretion to correct the error if it seriously affects the integrity, fairness, or
public reputation of the proceedings. See id. Wiley fails to show any error.
First, he had no Sixth Amendment right to have his choice of appointed
counsel. See Luis v. United States, 136 S. Ct. 1083, 1089 (2016); Green v.
Johnson, 160 F.3d 1029, 1045 (5th Cir. 1998). He likewise had no right to file
pro se motions while represented by counsel. See United States v. Daniels, 572
F.2d 535, 540 (5th Cir. 1978) (noting that hybrid representation, partly pro se
and partly counseled, is not allowed). Moreover, even if there were an error, it
did not affect Wiley’s substantial rights because he was represented by the
lawyer he asked for. This claim is legally frivolous.
      The judgment is AFFIRMED.

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