United States v. Ricardo Gonzalez-Morales

FILED NOT FOR PUBLICATION JUL 01 2011 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 08-10302 Plaintiff - Appellee, D.C. No. 2:07-CR-01019-MHM v. MEMORANDUM * RICARDO GONZALEZ-MORALES, a.k.a. Ricardo Gonzales-Morales, a.k.a. Jose Gonzalez, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Mary H. Murguia, District Judge, Presiding Submitted June 15, 2011 ** Before: CANBY, O’SCANNLAIN, and FISHER, Circuit Judges. Ricardo Gonzalez-Morales appeals from his guilty-plea conviction and 38-month sentence for reentry after deportation, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Gonzalez-Morales’s * 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). 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 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. Accordingly, counsel’s motion to withdraw is GRANTED, and the district court’s judgment is AFFIRMED. 2 08-10302