NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS SEP 29 2017

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 17-50010

Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 3:16-cr-02173-BEN

v.

MEMORANDUM*

JOSE LUIS ALVARADO-MANRIQUEZ,

Defendant-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California Roger T. Benitez, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted September 26, 2017**

Before: SILVERMAN, TALLMAN, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.

Jose Luis Alvarado-Manriquez appeals from the district court’s judgment

and challenges the 24-month sentence imposed following his guilty-plea

conviction for improper entry by an alien, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1325.

Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Alvarado-Manriquez’s

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). 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 Alvarado-Manriquez

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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