UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Steven J. MERCADEL, Defendant-Appellant, 378 F. App'x 398

PER CURIAM: The Federal Public Defender appointed to represent Defendant-Appellant Merca-del 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). Mercadel has filed responses to the motion.

The record is insufficiently developed to allow consideration at this time of Mercadel’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 Mercadel’s responses discloses no nonfriv-olous 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 Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under dle limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.