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NOT FOR PUBLICATION                           FILED
                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                        FEB 29 2024
                                                                      MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                                                                       U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
                           FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,                       No. 23-1669
                                                D.C. No.
             Plaintiff - Appellee,              1:17-cr-00034-SPW-1
 v.
                                                MEMORANDUM*
GEORGE DAVID OSTWALD, Jr.,

             Defendant - Appellant.

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                           for the District of Montana
                    Susan P. Watters, District Judge, Presiding

                          Submitted February 21, 2024**

Before:      FERNANDEZ, NGUYEN, and OWENS, Circuit Judges.

      George David Ostwald, Jr., appeals from the ten-month sentence imposed

following the district court’s revocation of supervised release. Pursuant to Anders

v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Ostwald’s counsel has filed a brief stating that

there are no grounds for relief, along with a motion to withdraw as counsel of

      *
             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).
record. We have provided Ostwald the opportunity to file a pro se supplemental

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

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

75, 80 (1988), discloses no arguable grounds for relief on direct appeal.

      Counsel’s motion to withdraw is GRANTED.

      AFFIRMED.

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