NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JAN 10 2020
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 19-10067
Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 2:17-cr-00080-GMS-7
v.
MEMORANDUM*
JUAN CARLOS ACUNA-AGUILAR,
Defendant-Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Arizona
G. Murray Snow, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted January 8, 2020**
Before: CALLAHAN, NGUYEN, and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges.
Juan Carlos Acuna-Aguilar appeals from the district court’s judgment and
challenges his guilty-plea convictions and concurrent 165-month sentences for
possession with intent to distribute marijuana and aiding and abetting, in violation
of 18 U.S.C. § 2 and 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(B)(vii), and conspiracy to
*
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).
commit money laundering, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1956(a)(1)(A)(i), (h).
Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Acuna-Aguilar’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 Acuna-Aguilar the opportunity
to file a pro se supplemental brief. No pro se supplemental brief or answering brief
has been filed.
Acuna-Aguilar 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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