Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-11-21 22:00:49.805135+00
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NOT FOR PUBLICATION                           FILED
                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                       NOV 21 2023
                                                                      MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                                                                       U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
                           FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,                       No.    23-10014

                Plaintiff-Appellee,             D.C. No.
                                                4:11-cr-00150-DCB-BGM-2
 v.

JESUS ROSARIO FAVELA-ASTORGA,                   MEMORANDUM*
AKA Fabela Astorga, AKA Jesus Rosario
Fabela Astorga, AKA Jesus Rosario,

                Defendant-Appellant.

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                            for the District of Arizona
                    David C. Bury, District Judge, Presiding

                          Submitted November 14, 2023**

Before:      SILVERMAN, WARDLAW, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.

      Jesus Rosario Favela-Astorga appeals from the district court’s judgment and

challenges his guilty-plea conviction and 600-month sentence for second degree

murder, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1111 and 1114. Pursuant to Anders v.

      *
             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).
California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Favela-Astorga’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 Favela-Astorga the opportunity to file a pro se

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

filed.

         Favela-Astorga 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

(1988), discloses no arguable issue 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. See id. at 988.

         Counsel’s motion to withdraw is GRANTED.

         Favela-Astorga’s pro se motion to appoint new counsel is DENIED.

         DISMISSED.

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