Case: 09-31069 Document: 00511084755 Page: 1 Date Filed: 04/19/2010

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit FILED April 19, 2010 No. 09-31069 Summary Calendar Lyle W. Cayce Clerk UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee v. TOMMY NABOR, JR., Defendant-Appellant

Appeals from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana USDC No. 3:04-CR-148-1

Before KING, STEWART, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:* The Federal Public Defender appointed to represent Tommy Nabor, Jr., has moved for leave to withdraw and has filed a brief in accordance with Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967). Nabor has filed a response. The record is insufficiently developed to allow consideration at this time of Nabor’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.”

* 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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR .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.

Case: 09-31069 Document: 00511084755 Page: 2 Date Filed: 04/19/2010 No. 09-31069 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 Nabor’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 TH C IR. R. 42.2.