                                                                            FILED
                            NOT FOR PUBLICATION                              JUL 19 2012

                                                                         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. 10-50120

               Plaintiff - Appellee,              D.C. No. 2:08-cr-01486-RGK

  v.
                                                  MEMORANDUM *
NITA ALMUETE PADDIT PALMA,

               Defendant - Appellant.



                    Appeal from the United States District Court
                       for the Central District of California
                    R. Gary Klausner, District Judge, Presiding

                              Submitted July 17, 2012 **

Before:        SCHROEDER, THOMAS, and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges.

       Nita Almuete Paddit Palma appeals from her jury-trial conviction and

42-month sentence for two counts of illegal remunerations, in violation of 42

U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(b)(1)(A). Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738

(1967), Palma’s counsel has filed a brief stating there are no grounds for relief,

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

with 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.

      Counsel’s motion to withdraw is GRANTED.

      AFFIRMED.




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