                                                                           FILED
                            NOT FOR PUBLICATION                             DEC 23 2011

                                                                        MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                     UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                      U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS




                             FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT



UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,                        No. 11-30016

               Plaintiff - Appellee,             D.C. No. 2:10-cr-00129-JCC

  v.
                                                 MEMORANDUM *
MAURICIO GARCIA,

               Defendant - Appellant.



                     Appeal from the United States District Court
                       for the Western District of Washington
                    John C. Coughenour, District Judge, Presiding

                           Submitted December 19, 2011 **

Before:        GOODWIN, WALLACE, and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.

       Mauricio Garcia appeals from his guilty-plea conviction and

63-month sentence imposed for conspiracy to distribute cocaine in violation of 21

U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(B) and 846, and possession with intent to distribute

cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(B). Pursuant to Anders

          *
             This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
          **
             The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Garcia’s counsel has filed a brief stating there

are no grounds for relief, along with a motion to withdraw as counsel of record.

We have provided Garcia 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, 80-81 (1988), discloses no arguable grounds for relief on direct appeal.

Accordingly, counsel’s motion to withdraw is GRANTED, and the district court’s

judgment is AFFIRMED.




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