United States v. Israel Corona

FILED NOT FOR PUBLICATION JUN 21 2013 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 12-10359 Plaintiff - Appellee, D.C. No. 2:12-cr-00353-SRB v. MEMORANDUM* ISRAEL CORONA, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Susan R. Bolton, District Judge, Presiding Submitted June 18, 2013** Before: TALLMAN, M. SMITH, and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges. Israel Corona appeals from the district court’s judgment and challenges his guilty-plea conviction and 60-month sentence for transportation of illegal aliens for profit, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(1)(A)(ii), (a)(1)(A)(v)(II), and (a)(1)(B)(i). Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Corona’s * 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). 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 Corona 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. 2 12-10359