                                                                           FILED
                            NOT FOR PUBLICATION                            DEC 18 2013

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



                             FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT


UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,                        No. 12-10643

               Plaintiff - Appellee,             D.C. No. 2:10-cr-00055-KJM

  v.
                                                 MEMORANDUM*
JOSE ANTONIO SERRANO-
VILLALOBOS,

               Defendant - Appellant.


                    Appeal from the United States District Court
                       for the Eastern District of California
                    Kimberly J. Mueller, District Judge, Presiding

                           Submitted December 17, 2013**

Before:        GOODWIN, WALLACE, and GRABER, Circuit Judges.

       Jose Antonio Serrano-Villalobos appeals from the district court’s judgment

and challenges his guilty-plea conviction and 150-month sentence for multiple

drug offenses in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a) and 846. Pursuant to Anders v.


          *
             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).
California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Serrano-Villalobos’s counsel has filed a brief

stating that there are no grounds for relief, along with a motion to withdraw as

counsel of record. We have provided Serrano-Villalobos 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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