Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Eduardo GARCIA-CORTEZ, a.k.a. Jose Raul Aguilar-Cortez, a.k.a. Eduardo Garcia, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-02-26
Citations: 557 F. App'x 684
Docket Number: Nos. 12-10612, 12-10613
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Eduardo GARCIA-CORTEZ, a.k.a. Jose Raul Aguilar-Cortez, a.k.a. Eduardo Garcia, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before: ALARCÓN, O’SCANNLAIN, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 557
Pages: 684–684

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Eduardo GARCIA-CORTEZ, a.k.a. Jose Raul Aguilar-Cortez, a.k.a. Eduardo Garcia, Defendant-Appellant.
Nos. 12-10612, 12-10613.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Feb. 18, 2014.
Filed Feb. 26, 2014.
Mark S. Kokanovich, Joseph Alioto, Jr., Assistant U.S., USPX-Office of the U.S. Attorney, Phoenix, AZ, for Plaintiff-Appel-lee.
Eduardo Garcia-Cortez, Adelanto, CA, pro se.
Before: ALARCÓN, O’SCANNLAIN, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
In these consolidated appeals, Eduardo Garcia-Cortez appeals his jury-trial conviction and 92-month sentence for reentry of a removed alien, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326; and the revocation of supervised release and consecutive 18-month sentence imposed upon revocation. Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), Garcia-Cortez's counsel has filed a brief stating that there are no grounds for relief, along with a motion to withdraw as counsel of record. Garcia-Cortez has filed a pro se supplemental brief. No answering brief has been filed.
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 grounds for relief on direct appeal.
In his pro se brief, Garcia-Cortez contends that his counsel provided ineffective assistance. We decline to review this claim on direct appeal because this is not one of the "unusual cases where (1) the record on appeal is sufficiently developed to permit determination of the issue, or (2) the legal representation is so inadequate that it obviously denies a defendant his Sixth Amendment right to counsel." United States v. Rahman, 642 F.3d 1257, 1260 (9th Cir.2011).
Counsel's motion to withdraw is GRANTED.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9 th Cir. R. 36-3.