Opinion
This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
NOT FOR PUBLICATION. (See Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure Rule 36-3)
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona, Raner C. Collins, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CR-01-00146-RCC.
Reese V. Bostwick, AUSA, USTU-Office of the U.S. Attorney, Tucson, AZ, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Arthur J. Hutton, Esq., Attorney at Law, Tucson, AZ, for Defendant-Appellant.
Cesar Chanez-Valenzuela, pro se, Lompoc, CA, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before: KOZINSKI, SILVERMAN, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
Cesar Chanez-Valenzuela appeals his guilty-plea conviction and 60-month sentence for importation of marijuana and aiding and abetting in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 952(a), 960 and 18 U.S.C. § 2.
Counsel for Chanez-Valenzuela has filed a brief pursuant to Anders v. California,
Page 942.
386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), and a motion to withdraw as counsel of record. 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, 83, 109 S.Ct. 346, 102 L.Ed.2d 300 (1988), discloses no further issues for review. Counsel's motion to withdraw is GRANTED and the district court's judgment is AFFIRMED.