FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION NOV 03 2016
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 15-50517
Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 3:15-cr-00993-AJB
v.
MEMORANDUM*
SALVADOR HIGAREDA-SEGURA,
a.k.a. Salvador Higarera-Segura,
Defendant-Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of California
Anthony J. Battaglia, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted October 25, 2016**
Before: LEAVY, SILVERMAN, and GRABER, Circuit Judges.
Salvador Higareda-Segura appeals from the district court’s judgment and
challenges his guilty-plea conviction and 18-month sentence for attempted reentry
of a removed alien, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. 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), Higareda-Segura’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 Higareda-Segura the opportunity to file a pro
se supplemental brief. No pro se supplemental brief or answering brief has been
filed.
Higareda-Segura 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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