Court Opinion

ID: 614630
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2011-10-04 00:03:10+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:14:19.106686
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FILED
                            NOT FOR PUBLICATION                              OCT 3 2011

                                                                        MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                     UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                      U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS

                             FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,                        No. 10-10605

               Plaintiff - Appellee,             D.C. No. 4:10-cr-01288-JMR

  v.
                                                 MEMORANDUM *
JUAN JOSE BELTRAN-LOPEZ, a.k.a.
Juan Beltran-Lopez,

               Defendant - Appellant.

                    Appeal from the United States District Court
                             for the District of Arizona
                       John M. Roll, Chief Judge, Presiding

                           Submitted September 27, 2011 **

Before:        HAWKINS, SILVERMAN, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.

       Juan Jose Beltran-Lopez appeals from his guilty-plea conviction and 46-

month sentence for re-entry after deportation, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326.

Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Beltran-Lopez’s counsel

          *
             This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
          **
             The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
has filed a brief stating there are no grounds for relief, along with a motion to

withdraw as counsel of record. We have provided the appellant with 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, 80-81 (1988), discloses no arguable grounds for relief on direct appeal.

Counsel’s motion to withdraw is GRANTED.

      AFFIRMED.

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