MEMORANDUM **

Adolfo Montes-Castro appeals from the 60-month sentence imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for illegal re-entry after deportation, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. Pursuant to Anders v. California, *684 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), Montes-Castro’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. We have considered appellant’s pro se supplemental brief, the government’s motion to dismiss, and counsel’s motion to allow a pro se response to the government’s motion to dismiss.

We deny the government’s motion to dismiss. We also deny appellate counsel’s motion to allow a pro se response.

Our independent review of the record pursuant to Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 80-81, 109 S.Ct. 346, 102 L.Ed.2d 300 (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.