Opinion
No. 11-10363 D.C. No. 1:10-cr-00116-DAE
04-19-2012
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. SIMETI LUALEMAGA, 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NOT FOR PUBLICATION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 District of Hawaii
David A. Ezra, District Judge, Presiding
Before: LEAVY, PAEZ, and BEA, Circuit Judges.
Simeti Lualemaga appeals from his jury-trial conviction and 60-month sentence for assault of a United States government employee with a deadly weapon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 111.
Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Lualemaga'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 the appellant 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.