FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
JUL 17 2017
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 16-10144
Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No.
1:12-cr-00031-AWI-BAM-1
v.
PIERSHA WOOLRIDGE, MEMORANDUM*
Defendant-Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of California
Anthony W. Ishii, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted July 13, 2017**
Before: HUG, FARRIS, and CANBY, Circuit Judges.
Piersha Wooldridge appeals from the district court’s judgment and
challenges her guilty-plea convictions and total sentence of 56 months in prison for
conspiracy to commit mail fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1349, 25 counts of
*
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).
mail fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1341, and two counts of aggravated identity
theft, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1028A.
Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Woolridge’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 Woolridge 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 (1988), discloses no arguable grounds for relief on direct appeal.
Counsel’s motion to withdraw is GRANTED.
AFFIRMED.
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