                                                                           FILED
                             NOT FOR PUBLICATION                            NOV 17 2009

                                                                        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. 09-30253

               Plaintiff - Appellee,             D.C. No. 2:08-cr-00276-MJP-1

   v.
                                                 MEMORANDUM *
 HUMBERTO MORAN-TORRES,

               Defendant - Appellant.



                     Appeal from the United States District Court
                       for the Western District of Washington
                     Marsha J. Pechman, District Judge, Presiding

                           Submitted November 17, 2009 **


Before:        ALARCÓN, TROTT, and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges.

        Humberto Moran-Torres appeals from his guilty-plea conviction and 17-

month, two-week sentence for illegal reentry after deportation, in violation of 8



          *
             This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
          **
            The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without
oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

DRS/Research
U.S.C. § 1326(a). Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Moran-

Torres’ 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 the appellant 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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