Opinion
No. 17-10288
04-13-2018
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JUAN ANTONIO GONZALEZ-VELASQUEZ, Defendant-Appellant.
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
D.C. No. 4:17-cr-00027-RCC MEMORANDUM Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona
Raner C. Collins, Chief Judge, Presiding Before: SILVERMAN, PAEZ, and OWENS, Circuit Judges.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
Juan Antonio Gonzalez-Velasquez appeals from the district court's judgment and challenges his guilty-plea conviction and 60-month sentence for possession with intent to distribute marijuana, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(D). Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Gonzalez- Velasquez'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 Gonzalez-Velasquez the opportunity to file a pro se supplemental brief. No pro se supplemental brief or answering brief has been filed.
Gonzalez-Velasquez waived his right to appeal his conviction and sentence. Our independent review of the record pursuant to Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 80 (1988), discloses no arguable issue as to the validity of the waiver. See United States v. Watson, 582 F.3d 974, 986-88 (9th Cir. 2009). We accordingly dismiss the appeal. See id. at 988.
Counsel's motion to withdraw is GRANTED.
DISMISSED.