Opinion
No. 11-30016 D.C. No. 2:10-cr-00129-JCC
12-23-2011
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. MAURICIO GARCIA, 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NOT FOR PUBLICATION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 Western District of Washington
John C. Coughenour, District Judge, Presiding
Before: GOODWIN, WALLACE, and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.
Mauricio Garcia appeals from his guilty-plea conviction and 63-month sentence imposed for conspiracy to distribute cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(B) and 846, and possession with intent to distribute cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(B). Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Garcia's counsel has filed a brief stating there are no grounds for relief, along with a motion to withdraw as counsel of record. We have provided Garcia 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, 80-81 (1988), discloses no arguable grounds for relief on direct appeal. Accordingly, counsel's motion to withdraw is GRANTED, and the district court's judgment is AFFIRMED.