FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION JAN 16 2013
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 12-10093
Plaintiff - Appellee, D.C. No. 4:11-cr-00316-RCC
v.
MEMORANDUM *
JORGE ALBERTO CHAVEZ,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Arizona
Timothy M. Burgess, District Judge, Presiding **
Submitted January 15, 2013 ***
Before: SILVERMAN, BEA, and NGUYEN, Circuit Judges.
Jorge Alberto Chavez appeals from the district court’s judgment and
challenges his guilty-plea conviction and 51-month sentence for reentry after
*
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
** The Honorable Timothy M. Burgess, United States District Judge for
the District of Alaska, sitting by designation.
***
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
deportation, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386
U.S. 738 (1967), Chavez’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 Chavez 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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