FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION JAN 19 2012

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. 10-50453

Plaintiff - Appellee, D.C. No. 2:10-cr-00099-SJO v.

MEMORANDUM * JACK BENNY WILLIAMS, a.k.a. Snow,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Central District of California

S. James Otero, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted January 17, 2012 ** Before: LEAVY, TALLMAN, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.

Jack Benny Williams appeals his 18-month sentence imposed for selling counterfeit currency of the United States with intent to defraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 473. Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Williams’s

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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). 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 Williams 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, 109 (1988), discloses no arguable grounds for relief on direct appeal.

Counsel’s motion to withdraw is GRANTED.

AFFIRMED.

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