NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JAN 24 2024 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 23-1378 D.C. No. 4:22-cr-02266-JGZ-LCK-1 Plaintiff - Appellee, v. MEMORANDUM* EDGAR RENE GUILLEN- BANEGAS, AKA Edgar Rene Guillen- Ramirez, AKA Edgar Rene Guillen, AKA Edgar Guillen-Ramirez, Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Jennifer G. Zipps, District Judge, Presiding Submitted January 17, 2024** Before: S.R. THOMAS, McKEOWN, and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges.

Edgar Rene Guillen-Banegas appeals from the district court’s judgment and challenges his guilty-plea conviction and 21-month sentence for reentry of a

* 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). removed alien, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Guillen-Banegas’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 Guillen-Banegas 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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