Opinion
No. 14-30129
10-19-2015
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. EDWIN RANDAL COSTON, a.k.a. Allah Allah, Defendant - Appellant.
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
D.C. No. 2:13-cr-00112-ALH MEMORANDUM Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington
Ancer L. Haggerty, District Judge, Presiding
Before: SILVERMAN, BYBEE, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
The Honorable Ancer L. Haggerty, Senior United States District Judge for the District of Oregon, sitting by designation.
Edwin Randal Coston, a.k.a. Allah, appeals from the district court's judgment and challenges his jury-trial conviction and 41-month sentence for mailing a threatening communication, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 876(c). Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Coston's counsel has filed a brief stating that there are no grounds for relief, along with a motion to withdraw as counsel of record. Coston has submitted several pro se filings contesting the jurisdiction of the district court and this court, and seeking to void the judgment against him and obtain immediate release as well as compensation. No 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.
All other pending motions are DENIED.
AFFIRMED.