NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS OCT 18 2021

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 21-30136

Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 1:20-cr-00124-SPW-1

v.

MEMORANDUM*

MITCHELL JAMES CHANDLER,

Defendant-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Montana Susan P. Watters, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted October 12, 2021**

Before: TALLMAN, RAWLINSON, and BUMATAY, Circuit Judges.

Mitchell James Chandler appeals from the district court’s judgment and

challenges the ten-month sentence imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for

escape, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 751(a). Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386

U.S. 738 (1967), Chandler’s counsel has filed a brief stating that there are no

* 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). grounds for relief, along with a motion to withdraw as counsel of record. We have

provided Chandler 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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