Court Opinion

ID: 8428176
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-11-04 04:24:10.350301+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:48:33.682396
License: Public Domain

MEMORANDUM**
Manuel Valdez-Rodriguez appeals his guilty-plea conviction and 40-month sen*962tence for being a deported alien found in the United States, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), Valdez-Rodriguez’s counsel has filed a brief stating there are no grounds for relief, along with a motion to withdraw as counsel of record. No pro se supplemental brief or answering brief has been filed.
Our examination of the brief and independent review of the record pursuant to Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 80-81, 109 S.Ct. 346, 102 L.Ed.2d 300 (1988), disclose no grounds for relief on direct appeal.
Accordingly, counsel’s motion to withdraw is GRANTED and the district court’s judgment is AFFIRMED.

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