Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gilberto CENICEROS-VEGA, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-12-08
Citations: 114 F. App'x 843
Docket Number: No. 04-10059
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Gilberto CENICEROS-VEGA, Defendant—Appellant.
Judges: Before: GOODWIN, WALLACE and TROTT, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 114
Pages: 843–844

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Gilberto CENICEROS-VEGA, Defendant—Appellant.
No. 04-10059.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Dec. 6, 2004.
Decided Dec. 8, 2004.
Michael Thomas Morrissey, Esq., Office of the U.S. Attorney, Phoenix, AZ, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Nancy L. Hinchcliffe, Esq., Phoenix, AZ, for D efendant-Appellant.
Before: GOODWIN, WALLACE and TROTT, Circuit Judges.
This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Gilberto Ceniceros-Vega appeals his guilty-plea conviction and 60-month sen tence for possession with intent to distribute more than 100 kilograms of marijuana, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1).
Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), Ceniceros-Vega's counsel has filed a brief stating there are no grounds for relief, along with a motion to withdraw as counsel of record. Ceniceros-Vega has filed a pro se supplemental brief. The government did not file a brief.
Ceniceros-Vega contends that his guilty-plea was involuntary because counsel misadvised him about his likely sentence. Because Ceniceros-Vega received all the advisements required under Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, however, his plea was voluntary. See United States v. Turner, 881 F.2d 684, 686-87 (9th Cir.1989) (stating that counsel's erroneous estimate of the applicable Sentencing Guideline range did not violate Rule 11 and thereby render the plea involuntary), overruled on other grounds by United States v. Rodriguez-Razo, 962 F.2d 1418, 1424 (9th Cir.1992).
Ceniceros-Vega also contends that in misadvising him about sentencing counsel rendered ineffective assistance. Because "[t]he customary procedure for challenging the effectiveness of defense counsel in a federal criminal trial is by collateral attack on the conviction under 28 U.S.C. § 2255[,]" we decline to address this contention on direct appeal. See United States v. Pirro 104 F.3d 297, 299 (9th Cir.1997).
Our independent review of the record pursuant to Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 76, 80-81, 109 S.Ct. 346, 102 L.Ed.2d 300 (1988), discloses no grounds for relief on direct appeal.
Accordingly, counsel's motion to withdraw is GRANTED and the district court's judgment is AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.