Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Leandro REYES-QUIJADA, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2001-03-22
Citations: 6 F. App'x 625
Docket Number: No. 98-10386; D.C. No. CR-98-00492-RCC
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Leandro REYES-QUIJADA, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before WALLACE, SILVERMAN, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 6
Pages: 625–626

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Leandro REYES-QUIJADA, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 98-10386. D.C. No. CR-98-00492-RCC.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted March 12, 2001.
Decided March 22, 2001.
Before WALLACE, SILVERMAN, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.
. The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Leandro Reyes-Quijada appeals his conviction by guilty plea and 46-month sentence for one count of illegal reentry after deportation, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b)(2).
Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), counsel for Reyes-Quijada has filed a brief stating that there are no arguable issues for review, and a motion to withdraw as counsel of record.
Counsel has identified and correctly rejected as potential issues for appeal the denial of downward departures based on (1) cultural assimilation; (2) "lesser harm" under U.S.S.G. § 5K2.11, p.s.; and (3) harsher treatment of aliens by the Bureau of Prisons. These bases for downward departure were not raised in the district court, and are therefore waived. United States v. Belden, 957 F.2d 671, 674-75 (9th Cir.1992).
Reyes-Quijada has filed a supplemental brief correctly pointing out factual errors in counsel's brief, and raising several objections to the length of his sentence. The government responds that defendant waived his right to appeal.
The waiver of the right to appeal is dispositive unless the plea was not know ing and voluntary. United States v. Nguyen, 235 F.3d 1179, 1182 (9th Cir.2000). Reyes-Quijada does not contend that his plea was unknowing or involuntary, and there is no indication in the record that it was. The waiver of appeal is therefore enforceable. United States v. Anglin, 215 F.3d 1064, 1066 (9th Cir.2000).
Counsel's motion to withdraw as counsel of record on appeal is GRANTED.
APPEAL DISMISSED.
. This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as may be provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.