FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION MAR 21 2016

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 15-30105

Plaintiff - Appellee, D.C. No. 1:99-cr-00082-BMM v.

MEMORANDUM* JESUS CARLOS FARIAS, a.k.a. Jesus Carlos Farrias, a.k.a. Paco,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the District of Montana

Brian M. Morris, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted March 15, 2016** Before: GOODWIN, LEAVY, and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.

Jesus Carlos Farias appeals from the district court’s order denying his 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) motion for a sentence reduction. Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Farias’s counsel has filed a brief stating that there

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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). are no grounds for relief, along with a motion to withdraw as counsel of record. We have provided Farias 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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