Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Marcos Noe COVARRUBIAS, a.k.a. Marcos Covarrubias, a.k.a. Edgar Covarrubias, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-08-01
Citations: 667 F. App'x 685
Docket Number: No. 15-50027
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Marcos Noe COVARRUBIAS, a.k.a. Marcos Covarrubias, a.k.a. Edgar Covarrubias, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before: SCHROEDER, CANBY, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 667
Pages: 685–686

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Marcos Noe COVARRUBIAS, a.k.a. Marcos Covarrubias, a.k.a. Edgar Covarrubias, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 15-50027
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted July 26, 2016
FILED August 01, 2016
Jean-Claude Andre, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Stacey Rose Fernandez, Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, Office of the U.S. Attorney, Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Marcos Noe Covarrubias, Lompoc, CA, Pro Se.
Before: SCHROEDER, CANBY, and CALLAHAN, 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
Marcos Noe Covarrubias appeals from the district court's judgment and chal lenges his guilty-plea conviction and 46-month sentence for being an illegal alien found in the United States following deportation, 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), Covarrubias'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 Covarrubias the opportunity to file a pro se supplemental brief. No pro se supplemental brief or answering brief has been filed.
Covarrubias waived his right to appeal his conviction, with the exception of an appeal based on a claim that his plea was involuntary. He also waived the right to appeal his sentence, with the exception of the court's calculation of his criminal history category. 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 as to the voluntariness of Covarrubi-as's plea or the criminal history category calculated by the court. We therefore affirm as to those issues. We dismiss the remainder of the appeal in light of the valid appeal waiver. See United States v. Watson, 582 F.3d 974, 988 (9th Cir. 2009).
Counsel's motion to withdraw is GRANTED.
AFFIRMED in part; DISMISSED in part.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provid ed by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.