FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION AUG 01 2016

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

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

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 15-10499

Plaintiff - Appellee, D.C. No. 1:13-cr-00012-RVM v.

MEMORANDUM* BENNY K. PANGELINAN,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the District of the Northern Mariana Islands

Ramona V. Manglona, Chief Judge, Presiding

Submitted July 26, 2016** Before: SCHROEDER, CANBY, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.

Benny Koyama Pangelinan appeals from the revocation of probation and 11-month sentence imposed upon revocation. Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Pangelinan’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

*

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). provided Pangelinan 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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