United States v. Antonio Vazquez-Lopez

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAY 25 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 21-50100

Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 3:20-cr-03211-LAB-1 v.

MEMORANDUM* ANTONIO VAZQUEZ-LOPEZ,

Defendant-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California Larry A. Burns, District Judge, Presiding Submitted May 17, 2022**

Before: CANBY, TASHIMA, and NGUYEN, Circuit Judges.

Antonio Vazquez-Lopez appeals from the district court’s judgment and challenges the 87-month sentence imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for bringing in aliens without presentation, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(2)(B)(iii). Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967),

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This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.

Vazquez-Lopez’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 Vazquez-Lopez 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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