Moreno

*838 MEMORANDUM **

Ted R. Moreno, a former councilman for the City of Santa Ana, California, appeals his jury-trial conviction and concurrent 57-month sentences on 25 counts, including conspiracy to interfere with commerce by extortion under claim of official right, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951 (a) (the “Hobbs Act”), honest services mail fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341 and 1346, money laundering and conspiracy to commit money laundering, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1956 (a)(1)(A) and (B), and making a false statement to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1001 . Moreno’s attorney has filed a brief and a motion to withdraw as counsel of record pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 , 87 S.Ct. 1396 , 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967). Moreno has filed a pro se supplemental brief raising several issues. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3742 and 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We affirm.

The first issue raised in the pro se brief is whether Moreno’s Hobbs Act conviction should be reversed because there was an insufficient nexus between his conduct and interstate commerce to establish federal jurisdiction. We conclude that a sufficient nexus was…