USA V. SHAWAN SPRAGANS, No. 17-10226 (9th Cir. 2018)

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NOT FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FILED APR 13 2018 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, No. U.S. COURT OF APPEALS 17-10226 D.C. No. 4:16-cr-00292-YGR v. MEMORANDUM* SHAWAN SPRAGANS, Defendant-Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, District Judge, Presiding Submitted April 11, 2018** Before: SILVERMAN, PAEZ, and OWENS, Circuit Judges. Shawan Spragans appeals from the district court’s judgment and challenges his guilty-plea convictions and 240-month sentence for conspiracy to commit robbery affecting interstate commerce, attempted robbery and robbery affecting interstate commerce, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a); discharging a firearm * 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). during and in relation to a crime of violence, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)(iii); and being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Spragans’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 Spragans the opportunity to file a pro se supplemental brief. No pro se supplemental brief or answering brief has been filed. Spragans 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. 2 17-10226

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