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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert Duke WATTS, aka Richard Warran Watts, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 04-50118.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted July 12, 2004.
    
    Decided July 21, 2004.
    Ronald L. Cheng, Esq., USLA-Office of the U.S. Attorney, Criminal Division, Los Angeles, CA, Andrew Stolper, Esq., USSA-Office of the U.S. Attorney, Santa Ana, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    
      Michael A. Younge, Esq., Michael A. Younge Law Offices, Anaheim Hills, CA, for Defendant-Appellant.
    Before HAWKINS, THOMAS, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
    
      
      This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Robert Duke Watts appeals his 4-month term of imprisonment imposed after the revocation of his term of supervised release. Watts was originally convicted of willfully and knowingly making a false statement in an application for a passport and willfully and knowingly using a counterfeit birth certificate while applying for the passport, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1001,1542.

Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), counsel for Watts has filed a brief stating there are no grounds for relief, and a motion to withdraw as counsel of record. No pro se brief or answering brief has been filed.

Our independent review of the record pursuant to Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 83, 109 S.Ct. 346, 102 L.Ed.2d 300 (1988), discloses no grounds for relief on direct appeal. Counsel’s motion to withdraw is GRANTED and the district court’s judgment is AFFIRMED. 
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.