                                                                            FILED
                            NOT FOR PUBLICATION                              MAR 14 2011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. 08-50351

               Plaintiff - Appellee,              D.C. No. 2:07-cr-00444-MMM

  v.
                                                  MEMORANDUM *
MAGDALENA SANTANA RAMIREZ,

               Defendant - Appellant.



                    Appeal from the United States District Court
                       for the Central District of California
                   Margaret M. Morrow, District Judge, Presiding

                             Submitted March 8, 2011 **

Before:        FARRIS, LEAVY, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.

       Magdalena Santana Ramirez appeals from her guilty-plea conviction and 70-

month sentence for possession of an unregistered firearm, in violation of 26 U.S.C.

§ 5861(d). Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Ramirez’s

counsel has filed a brief stating there are no grounds for relief, along with a motion

          *
             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).
to withdraw as counsel of record. We have provided the appellant 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.

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

court’s judgment is AFFIRMED.




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