                                                                           FILED
                            NOT FOR PUBLICATION                             OCT 1 2014

                                                                        MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                     UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                      U.S. COURT OF APPEALS



                             FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT


UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,                        No. 11-50125

               Plaintiff - Appellee,             D.C. No. 2:05-cr-01215-SVW

  v.
                                                 MEMORANDUM*
MICHAEL BUNTON,

               Defendant - Appellant.


                    Appeal from the United States District Court
                        for the Central District of California
                    Stephen V. Wilson, District Judge, Presiding

                           Submitted September 23, 2014**

Before:        W. FLETCHER, RAWLINSON, and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.

       Michael Bunton appeals from the district court’s order denying his motion

for a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2). Pursuant to Anders v.

California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Bunton’s counsel has filed a brief stating that

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

          *
             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).
record. We have provided Bunton 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 (1988), discloses no arguable grounds for relief on direct appeal.

      Counsel’s motion to withdraw is GRANTED.

      AFFIRMED.




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