NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FEB 29 2024 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 23-683 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellee, 2:19-cr-00035-RAJ-1 v. MEMORANDUM* RHETT IRONS, AKA Lucky, AKA Luck, Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington Richard A. Jones, District Judge, Presiding Submitted February 21, 2024** Before: FERNANDEZ, NGUYEN, and OWENS, Circuit Judges.

Rhett Irons appeals from the district court’s amended judgment imposing a reduced sentence of 120 months following Irons’s retrial and acquittal on one of the counts of conviction. Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Irons’s counsel has filed a brief stating that there are no grounds for relief, along

* 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). with a motion to withdraw as counsel of record. We have provided Irons 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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