FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION JAN 24 2011

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. 08-50506

Plaintiff - Appellee, D.C. No. 2:07-cr-01441-VBF v.

MEMORANDUM * JUAN CARLOS GUERRERO MONSON,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Central District of California

Valerie Baker Fairbank, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted January 10, 2011 ** Before: BEEZER, TALLMAN, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.

Juan Carlos Guerrero Monson appeals from the 168-month sentence imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(A) and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine,

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This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.

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The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(A). Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Monson’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.

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

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