                                                                           FILED
                            NOT FOR PUBLICATION                             FEB 24 2012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. 11-10121

               Plaintiff - Appellee,             D.C. No. 2:10-cr-00361-LDG

  v.
                                                 MEMORANDUM *
OSCAR NOE SANCHEZ-LARIOS,

               Defendant - Appellant.



                    Appeal from the United States District Court
                             for the District of Nevada
                     Lloyd D. George, District Judge, Presiding

                                                         **
                           Submitted February 21, 2012

Before:        FERNANDEZ, McKEOWN, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.

       Oscar Noe Sanchez-Larios appeals from his guilty-plea conviction and 97-

month sentence for conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance, in violation of

21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and (b)(1). Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738




          *
             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).
(1967), Sanchez-Larios’s 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. We

dismiss in light of the valid appeal waiver. See United States v. Nguyen, 235 F.3d

1179, 1182 (9th Cir. 2000).

      Counsel’s motion to withdraw is GRANTED.

      DISMISSED.




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