Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-02-23 19:00:35.628423+00
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NOT FOR PUBLICATION                           FILED
                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                        FEB 23 2023
                                                                      MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                                                                       U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
                           FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,                       No.    22-10076

                Plaintiff-Appellee,             D.C. No. 1:20-cr-00053-DKW-1

 v.
                                                MEMORANDUM*
BRANDAN GRILHO,

                Defendant-Appellant.

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                            for the District of Hawaii
                   Derrick K. Watson, District Judge, Presiding

                           Submitted February 14, 2023**

Before:      FERNANDEZ, FRIEDLAND, and H.A. THOMAS, Circuit Judges.

      Brandan Grilho appeals from the district court’s judgment and challenges his

guilty-plea convictions and aggregate 300-month sentence for conspiracy to

distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C.

§§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A)(viii), 846; and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a

      *
             This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
      **
             The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
drug trafficking crime, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A). Pursuant to

Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Grilho’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 Grilho the opportunity to file a pro se

supplemental brief. No pro se supplemental brief or answering brief has been

filed.

         Grilho waived his right to appeal his conviction and sentence. Our

independent review of the record pursuant to Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 80

(1988), discloses no arguable issue as to the validity of the waiver. See United

States v. Watson, 582 F.3d 974, 986-88 (9th Cir. 2009). We accordingly dismiss

the appeal. See id. at 988.

         Counsel’s motion to withdraw is GRANTED.

         DISMISSED.

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