U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 2017

United States v. Jamison Ellis

United States v. Jamison Ellis
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Decided March 27, 2017 · Jolly, Southwick, Higginson
683 F. App'x 276

United States v. Jamison Ellis

Opinion

PER CURIAM: *

The Federal Public Defender appointed to represent Jamison Ross Ellis 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), and United States v. Flores, 632 F.3d 229 (5th Cir. 2011). Ellis has filed a response, in which he requests new appointed counsel. The record is not sufficiently developed to allow us to make a fair evaluation of Ellis’s claims of ineffective assistance of counsel; we therefore decline to consider the claims without prejudice to *277 collateral review. See United States v. Isgar, 739 F.3d 829, 841 (5th Cir. 2014).

We have reviewed counsel’s brief and the relevant portions of the record reflected therein, as well as Ellis’s response. We concur with counsel’s assessment that the appeal presents no nonfrivolous issue for appellate review. Accordingly, the motion for leave to withdraw is GRANTED, Ellis’s motion for appointment of new counsel is DENIED, counsel is excused from further responsibilities herein, and the APPEAL IS DISMISSED. See 5th Cir. R. 42.2.

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Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.

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