Filed: Dec. 07, 2005
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Summary: United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit F I L E D IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT December 7, 2005 Charles R. Fulbruge III Clerk No. 03-41386 Summary Calendar UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus OHARA LINEAR LAWS, Defendant-Appellant. - Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas USDC No. G-02-CR-8-ALL - Before BARKSDALE, BENAVIDES and DENNIS, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM:* The appointed appellate attorney for de
Summary: United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit F I L E D IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT December 7, 2005 Charles R. Fulbruge III Clerk No. 03-41386 Summary Calendar UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus OHARA LINEAR LAWS, Defendant-Appellant. - Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas USDC No. G-02-CR-8-ALL - Before BARKSDALE, BENAVIDES and DENNIS, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM:* The appointed appellate attorney for def..
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United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
F I L E D
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT December 7, 2005
Charles R. Fulbruge III
Clerk
No. 03-41386
Summary Calendar
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
OHARA LINEAR LAWS,
Defendant-Appellant.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Texas
USDC No. G-02-CR-8-ALL
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Before BARKSDALE, BENAVIDES and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
The appointed appellate attorney for defendant-appellant Ohara
Linear Laws has moved for leave to withdraw and has filed a brief
in accordance with Anders v. California,
386 U.S. 738 (1967). Laws
has filed response briefs to counsel’s motion.
An independent review of the record reflects that there are no
nonfrivolous issues for appeal. Laws’s claim that his former trial
counsel rendered ineffective assistance of counsel with regard to
*
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that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent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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his guilty plea and waiver of his right to appeal is adequately
developed, but not supported by the record.
Accordingly, Laws’s motion for access to sealed documents in
the record and his motion to proceed pro se on appeal are DENIED.
See United States v. Wagner,
158 F.3d 901, 902-03 (5th Cir. 1998).
Counsel’s motion for leave to withdraw is GRANTED and counsel is
excused from further responsibilities herein; and this appeal is
DISMISSED. See 5TH CIR. R. 42.2.