                                                                            FILED
                            NOT FOR PUBLICATION                              JAN 19 2012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. 10-50453

               Plaintiff - Appellee,             D.C. No. 2:10-cr-00099-SJO

  v.
                                                 MEMORANDUM *
JACK BENNY WILLIAMS, a.k.a. Snow,

               Defendant - Appellant.



                    Appeal from the United States District Court
                        for the Central District of California
                     S. James Otero, District Judge, Presiding

                            Submitted January 17, 2012 **

Before:        LEAVY, TALLMAN, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.

       Jack Benny Williams appeals his 18-month sentence imposed for selling

counterfeit currency of the United States with intent to defraud, in violation of 18

U.S.C. § 473. Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Williams’s




          *
             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).
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 Williams 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, 109 (1988), discloses no arguable grounds for relief on direct appeal.

      Counsel’s motion to withdraw is GRANTED.

      AFFIRMED.




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