United States v. Edward Lutt

FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUL 26 2010 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT U.S . CO U RT OF AP PE A LS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 09-50182 Plaintiff - Appellee, D.C. No. 8:06-cr-00061-JVS-2 Central District of California, v. Santa Ana EDWARD LUTT, AKA Tony, ORDER Defendant - Appellant. Before: ALARCMN, LEAVY and GRABER, Circuit Judges. We instruct the Clerµ to withdraw the memorandum disposition filed on July 21, 2010, and to file the attached memorandum disposition simultaneously with this order. FILED NOT FOR PUBLICATION JUL 26 2010 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U.S . CO U RT OF AP PE A LS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 09-50182 Plaintiff - Appellee, D.C. No. 8:06-cr-00061-JVS v. MEMORANDUM * EDWARD LUTT, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California James V. Selna, District Judge, Presiding Submitted June 29, 2010** Before: ALARCMN, LEAVY, and GRABER, Circuit Judges. Edward Lutt appeals from the 15-month sentence imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for conspiracy, in violation of 18 U.S.C. y 371, and engaging in monetary transactions with criminally derived property, in violation of * 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). 18 U.S.C. yy 1957(a) and 2. Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Lutt's counsel 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. We dismiss the appeal of the sentence in light of the valid appeal waiver. See United States v. Nguyen, 235 F.3d 1179, 1182 (9th Cir. 2000). Counsel's motion to withdraw is GRANTED. The conviction is AFFIRMED, and the appeal of the sentence is DISMISSED. 2 09-50182