FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION OCT 21 2014
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 13-10651
Plaintiff - Appellee, D.C. No. 4:13-cr-00778-RCC
v.
MEMORANDUM*
ARNULFO GOMEZ-VARGAS, a.k.a.
Arnulfo Vargas Gomez,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Arizona
Timothy M. Burgess, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted October 14, 2014**
Before: LEAVY, GOULD, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.
Arnulfo Gomez-Vargas appeals from the district court’s judgment and
challenges his guilty-plea conviction and 52-month sentence for reentry after
deportation, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386
*
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).
U.S. 738 (1967), Gomez-Vargas’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 Gomez-Vargas the opportunity to file a pro se supplemental brief. No
pro se supplemental brief or answering brief has been filed.
Gomez-Vargas 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.
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