FILED NOT FOR PUBLICATION APR 10 2015 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 14-10088 Plaintiff - Appellee, D.C. No. 4:12-cr-02079-FRZ v. MEMORANDUM* ALFREDO CESAR RAMIREZ, a.k.a.

Alfredo C. Cesar-Ramirez, a.k.a. Alfredo Cesar Cesar-Ramirez, a.k.a. Alfredo Rodriguez-Ramirez, Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Frank R. Zapata, District Judge, Presiding Submitted April 7, 2015** Before: FISHER, TALLMAN, and NGUYEN, Circuit Judges.

Alfredo Cesar Ramirez appeals from the district court’s judgment and challenges his jury-trial conviction and 63-month sentence for reentry after

* 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). deportation, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Ramirez’s counsel has filed a brief stating that there are no grounds for relief, along with a motion to withdraw as counsel of record. We have provided Ramirez 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 (1988), discloses no arguable grounds for relief on direct appeal.

Counsel’s motion to withdraw is GRANTED.

AFFIRMED.

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