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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Francisco Javier ASTORGA-VELARBE, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 13-1063.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    
      Submitted July 24, 2014.
    
    Filed Sept. 4, 2014.
    Lisa E. Jennis, Esquire, Assistant U.S., Office of the U.S. Attorney, Phoenix, AZ, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    Anders V. Rosenquist, Jr., Esquire, Phoenix, AZ, for Defendant-Appellant.
    Before: HUG, FARRIS, and CANBY, Circuit Judges.
    
      
      
         The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Francisco Javier Astorga-Velarde appeals from the district court’s judgment and challenges his guilty-plea conviction and 144-month sentence for using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c). Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), Astorga-Velarde’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 Astorga-Velarde the opportunity to file a pro se supplemental brief. No pro se supplemental brief or answering brief has been filed.

Astorga-Velarde has waived his right to appeal his conviction and 144-month sentence. Because the record discloses no arguable issue as to the validity of the appeal waiver, we dismiss the appeal. See United States v. Watson, 582 F.3d 974, 986-88 (9th Cir.2009).

Counsel’s motion to withdraw is GRANTED.

DISMISSED. 
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.