USA V. JUAN RUIZ-ORNELAS, No. 11-10653 (9th Cir. 2013)

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FILED NOT FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JAN 16 2013 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, No. 11-10653 D.C. No. 2:11-cr-01303-DGC v. MEMORANDUM * JUAN RUIZ-ORNELAS, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Charles B. Kornmann, District Judge, Presiding ** Submitted January 15, 2013 *** Before: SILVERMAN, BEA, and NGUYEN, Circuit Judges. Juan Ruiz-Ornelas appeals from the district court s judgment and challenges his guilty-plea conviction and 41-month sentence for reentry of a removed alien, in * This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3. The Honorable Charles B. Kornmann, Senior United States District Judge for the District of South Dakota, sitting by designation. ** *** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Ruiz-Ornelas 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 Ruiz-Ornelas 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. 2 11-10653

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