Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2024-02-29 23:00:49.154361+00
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NOT FOR PUBLICATION                           FILED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. 23-431
                                                D.C. No.
             Plaintiff - Appellee,              1:20-cr-00020-JLT-SKO-1
 v.
                                                MEMORANDUM*
RAMONCHITO RACION, AKA
Ramonchito Onia Racion,

             Defendant - Appellant.

                    Appeal from the United States District Court
                        for the Eastern District of California
                   Jennifer L. Thurston, District Judge, Presiding

                          Submitted February 21, 2024**

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

      Ramonchito Racion appeals from the district court’s judgment and

challenges his jury-trial conviction and 85-month sentence for attempted sexual

abuse, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2242(2)(B), and abusive sexual contact, in

      *
             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).
violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2244(b). Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738

(1967), Racion’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

Racion 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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