NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS OCT 18 2021 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 21-30136 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 1:20-cr-00124-SPW-1 v. MEMORANDUM* MITCHELL JAMES CHANDLER, Defendant-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Montana Susan P. Watters, District Judge, Presiding Submitted October 12, 2021** Before: TALLMAN, RAWLINSON, and BUMATAY, Circuit Judges.

Mitchell James Chandler appeals from the district court’s judgment and challenges the ten-month sentence imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for escape, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 751(a). Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Chandler’s counsel has filed a brief stating that there are no

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). grounds for relief, along with a motion to withdraw as counsel of record. We have provided Chandler 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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