Opinion
No. 11-50066 D.C. No. 3:10-cr-03644-WQH-1
12-21-2011
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. ROBERTO CORTEZ, Defendant - Appellant.
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
MEMORANDUM
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of California
William Q. Hayes, District Judge, Presiding
Before: GOODWIN, WALLACE, and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.
Roberto Cortez appeals his conviction by guilty plea and sentence for being a deported alien found in the United States in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326.
Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Cortez'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 Cortez the opportunity to file a pro se supplemental brief. No pro se supplemental 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. Counsel's motion to withdraw is granted.
AFFIRMED.