United States v. Ramirez-Ramirez

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUL 24 2024

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

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 23-3160

D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellee, 2:23-cr-01153-SRB-1 v.

MEMORANDUM* SILVANO RAMIREZ-RAMIREZ,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Susan R. Bolton, District Judge, Presiding Submitted July 16, 2024**

Before: SCHROEDER, VANDYKE, and KOH, Circuit Judges.

Silvano Ramirez-Ramirez appeals from the district court’s judgment and challenges his guilty-plea conviction and 24-month sentence for reentry of a removed alien, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Ramirez-Ramirez’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 Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. are no grounds for relief, along with a motion to withdraw as counsel of record. We have provided Ramirez-Ramirez the opportunity to file a pro se supplemental brief. No pro se supplemental brief or answering brief has been filed.

Ramirez-Ramirez waived his right to appeal his conviction and sentence. Our independent review of the record pursuant to Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 80 (1988), discloses no arguable issue as to the validity of the waiver. See United States v. Watson, 582 F.3d 974, 986-88 (9th Cir. 2009). We accordingly dismiss the appeal. See id. at 988.

Counsel’s motion to withdraw is GRANTED.

DISMISSED.

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