United States v. Juan Escalante-Renteria

NOT FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FILED FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT SEP 30 2014 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 14-10011 Plaintiff - Appellee, D.C. No. 2:13-cr-01310-NVW v. MEMORANDUM* JUAN ESCALANTE-RENTERIA, a.k.a. Juan Escalante Renteri, a.k.a. Juan Escalante Renteria, a.k.a. Juan Escalante- Renteri, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Howard D. McKibben, District Judge, Presiding** Submitted September 23, 2014*** Before: W. FLETCHER, RAWLINSON, and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges. * This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3. ** The Honorable Howard D. McKibben, Senior United States District Judge for the District of Nevada, sitting by designation. *** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). Juan Escalante-Renteria appeals from the district court’s judgment and challenges his guilty-plea conviction and 27-month sentence for reentry of a removed alien, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Escalante-Renteria’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 Escalante-Renteria the opportunity to file a pro se supplemental brief. No pro se supplemental brief or answering brief has been filed. Escalante-Renteria has 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. DISMISSED. 2 14-10011