Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Pedro PEREZ-VEGA, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2001-01-24
Citations: 2 F. App'x 820
Docket Number: No. 00-10457
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Pedro PEREZ-VEGA, Defendant—Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 2
Pages: 820–821

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Pedro PEREZ-VEGA, Defendant—Appellant.
No. 00-10457.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Jan. 8, 2001 .
Decided Jan. 24, 2001.
Before BEEZER, O’SCANNLAIN and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges.
. The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Pedro Perez-Vega appeals his jury conviction and sentence for a single count of reentry after deportation in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and 1326(b)(2). Perez-Vega's counsel has filed a brief, pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), stating that he finds no meritorious issues for review, and a motion to withdraw as counsel of record.
Defendant has filed a supplemental pro se brief, contending that he received ineffective assistance from his trial and appellate counsel. Because the record on appeal is inadequate, we decline to entertain Perez-Vega's ineffective assistance of counsel claim at this time. United States v. Rivera-Sanchez, 222 F.3d 1057, 1060 (9th Cir.2000) (generally, ineffective assistance of counsel claims "are inappropriate on direct appeal and should be raised, instead, in habeas corpus proceedings").
We note that, in addition to § 1326(a), the district court's judgment references 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b), which does not define a separate crime. Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224, 226, 118 S.Ct. 1219, 140 L.Ed.2d 350 (1998); United States v. Alviso, 152 F.3d 1195, 1199 (9th Cir.1998). We therefore, AFFIRM the judgment, but REMAND with directions to correct the written judgment by striking the reference to § 1326(b) so that the judgment will unambiguously re-fleet that Perez-Vega was convicted of only one punishable offense pursuant to § 1326(a). See 28 U.S.C. § 2106; United States v. Riverar-Sanchez, 222 F.3d at 1063 (9th Cir.2000).
Our independent review of the record pursuant to Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 83, 109 S.Ct. 346, 102 L.Ed.2d 300 (1988), discloses no further issues for review.
Counsel's motion to withdraw as counsel of record is GRANTED.
AFFIRMED. REMANDED with instructions.
. 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.