Opinion
No. 10-50532 D.C. No. 2:10-cr-00145-DDP-1
12-20-2011
UNITED STATES, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. HILARIO MATEO PEDRO ANTONIO SANCHEZ, AKA Gustavo Sanchez-Lopez, AKA Sayas, 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NOT FOR PUBLICATION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 Central District of California
Dean D. Pregerson, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted December 19, 2011
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
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Before: GOODWIN, WALLACE and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.
Hilario Sanchez appeals his conviction by guilty plea and sentence for conspiracy to harbor and conceal illegal aliens in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(l)(A)(v)(I). Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Sanchez'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 Sanchez with 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. We dismiss in light of the valid appeal waiver. See United States v. Nguyen, 235 F.3d 1179, 1182 (9th Cir. 2000).
Counsel's motion to withdraw is GRANTED.
DISMISSED.