NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FILED
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT DEC 23 2011
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 11-10074
Plaintiff - Appellee, D.C. No. 2:10-cr-01360-PGR
v.
MEMORANDUM *
JOSE GASPAR-CEBALLOS, a.k.a. Jose
Alfredo Gaspar-Ceballos,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Arizona
Paul G. Rosenblatt, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted December 19,2 011 **
Before: GOODWIN, WALLACE, and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.
Jose Gaspar-Ceballos appeals from his guilty-plea conviction and 37-month
sentence imposed for reentry of removed alien, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326.
Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Gaspar-Ceballos’s counsel
*
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).
has filed a brief stating there are no grounds for relief, along with a motion to
withdraw as counsel of record. We have provided the appellant with 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, 80-81 (1988), discloses no arguable grounds for relief on direct appeal.
Gaspar-Ceballos’s pro se motion for appointment of counsel is denied.
Counsel’s motion to withdraw is GRANTED.
AFFIRMED.
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