United States v. Esquivel-Bolanos

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUN 24 2026 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 25-4530 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellee, 2:23-cr-00047-TOR-2 v. MEMORANDUM* LUIS ESQUIVEL-BOLANOS, AKA Colorado, AKA Luis Esquivel Bolanos, AKA Luis Alberto Esquivel-Bolanos, Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington Thomas O. Rice, District Judge, Presiding Submitted June 22, 2026** Before: CANBY, BENNETT, and BADE, Circuit Judges.

Luis Esquivel-Bolanos appeals from the district court’s judgment and challenges his jury-trial conviction and aggregate 228-month sentence for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, distribution of methamphetamine,

* 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). and possession with intent to distribute controlled substances in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 846, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)(i).

Esquivel-Bolanos’s counsels filed a brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), stating that there are no non-frivolous arguments for appeal.

Esquivel-Bolanos has not filed a pro se supplemental brief.

Our independent review of the record, see Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 80 (1988), discloses no non-frivolous arguments to be made on direct appeal.

Esquivel-Bolanos’s pro se requests to appoint new counsel are denied.

Counsels’ motion to withdraw is granted.

AFFIRMED.

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