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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jose Gabriel Romero CONTRERAS, a.k.a. Jose Romero-Contreas, a.k.a. Jose Gabriel Romero-Contreras, a.k.a. Martin Carlos Villa, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 16-10097
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    
      Submitted September 13, 2016 
    
    Filed September 19, 2016
    Krissa Marie Lanham, USPX—Office of the US Attorney, Phoenix, AZ.
    Jose Gabriel Romero Contreras, Milan, NM, Pro Se.
    Before: HAWKINS, N.R. SMITH, and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Jose Gabriel Romero Contreras appeals from the district court’s judgment and challenges his guilty-plea- conviction and 24-month .sentence for reentry of a removed alien, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), Romero Contreras’s counsel has filed a brief stating that there are no grounds for relief, along with a motion to withdraw as counsel of record. We have provided Romero Contreras the opportunity to file a pro se supplemental brief. No pro se supplemental brief or answering brief has been filed.

Romero Contreras waived his right to appeal his conviction and sentence. Our independent review of the record pursuant to Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 80, 109 S.Ct. 346, 102 L.Ed.2d 300 (1988), discloses no arguable issue as to the validity of the waiver. See United States v. Watson, 582 F.3d 974, 986-88 (9th Cir. 2009). We accordingly dismiss the appeal. See id. at 988.

Counsel’s motion to withdraw is GRANTED.

DISMISSED. 
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.