                                                                               FILED
                            NOT FOR PUBLICATION                                 APR 22 2013

                                                                         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. 11-10143

               Plaintiff - Appellee,              D.C. No. 2:10-cr-00157-SMM

  v.
                                                  MEMORANDUM *
JESUS MANUEL PALAFOX-
CARDENAS,

               Defendant - Appellant.



                     Appeal from the United States District Court
                              for the District of Arizona
                   Stephen M. McNamee, District Judge, Presiding

                             Submitted April 16, 2013 **

Before:        CANBY, IKUTA, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.

       Jesus Manuel Palafox-Cardenas appeals from the district court’s judgment

and challenges his guilty-plea conviction and 72-month sentence for conspiracy to

possess with intent to distribute and possession with intent to distribute


          *
             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).
methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A)(viii) and 846.

Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Palafox-Cardenas’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 Palafox-Cardenas 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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