Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-07-10 18:00:59.515247+00
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NOT FOR PUBLICATION                           FILED
                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                        JUL 10 2023
                                                                      MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                                                                       U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
                           FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,                       No.    22-10158

                Plaintiff-Appellee,             D.C. No. 2:20-cr-00643-DLR-1

 v.
                                                MEMORANDUM*
BOBBY LEE SEELY, Jr., AKA Bobby
Seely, Jr., AKA Bobby Lee Seely-Bey,

                Defendant-Appellant.

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                            for the District of Arizona
                   Douglas L. Rayes, District Judge, Presiding

                             Submitted June 26, 2023**

Before:      CANBY, S.R. THOMAS, and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.

      Bobby Lee Seely, Jr. appeals from the district court’s judgment and

challenges the 80-month sentence imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for

making a false statement in connection with attempting to acquire a firearm, in

violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(a)(6). Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738

      *
             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).
(1967), Seely’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 Seely the

opportunity to file a pro se supplemental brief. No pro se supplemental brief or

answering brief has been filed.

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

independent review of the record pursuant to Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 80-81

(1988), discloses no arguable grounds 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 except as to supervised release special conditions 3 and 5, which

involve an unconstitutional delegation of authority under United States v. Nishida,

53 F.4th 1144, 1151-55 (9th Cir. 2022). In view of this decision, and the

government’s letter stating that it does not “oppose vacatur and remand of Special

Conditions #3 and #5 . . . to permit the district court to impose the District of

Arizona’s post-Nishida conditions,” we vacate special conditions 3 and 5 and

remand for the district court to modify them in a manner consistent with Nishida.

      Counsel’s motion to withdraw is GRANTED.

      DISMISSED in part; VACATED in part; and REMANDED with

instructions.

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