NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS AUG 25 2021
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 20-30241
Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 1:18-cr-02023-SAB-1
v.
MEMORANDUM*
DONAVAN THOMAS CULPS,
Defendant-Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Washington
Stanley A. Bastian, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted August 17, 2021**
Before: SILVERMAN, CHRISTEN, and LEE, Circuit Judges.
Donavan Thomas Culps appeals from the district court’s judgment and
challenges his guilty-plea conviction, life sentence, and restitution order for
second-degree murder, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1111, 1153. Pursuant to
Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Culps’s counsel has filed a brief stating
*
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).
that there are no grounds for relief, along with a motion to withdraw as counsel of
record. We have provided Culps 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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