FILED NOT FOR PUBLICATION MAR 04 2010 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 08-10566 Plaintiff - Appellee, D.C. No. 07-cr-00917-GMS v. MEMORANDUM * SAMUEL DEAN JACKSON, Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona G. Murray Snow, District Judge, Presiding Submitted February 16, 2010 ** Before: FERNANDEZ, GOULD, and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges.

Samuel Dean Jackson appeals from his guilty-plea conviction and 96-month sentence for armed bank robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a), (d), and his guilty-plea conviction and consecutive 84-month sentence for use of a firearm in a * This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

SR/Research crime of violence, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c). Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Jackson’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 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 construe Jackson’s pro se letter, received October 16, 2009, as a request for appointment of counsel, and we deny the request.

Counsel’s motion to withdraw is GRANTED, and the district court’s judgment is AFFIRMED.

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