NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS DEC 15 2023

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

LUIS ALBERTO BAUTISTA, No. 18-15471

Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:17-cv-00532-DLR

v.

MEMORANDUM*

RYAN THORNELL, Director of the Arizona Department of Corrections; ATTORNEY

GENERAL FOR THE STATE OF

ARIZONA,

Respondents-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Douglas L. Rayes, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted December 12, 2023**

Before: WALLACE, LEE, and BUMATAY, Circuit Judges.

Luis Alberto Bautista appeals from the district court’s judgment denying his

28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition. Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738

(1967), Bautista’s counsel has filed a brief stating that there are no grounds for

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

Bautista the opportunity to file a pro se supplemental brief. No pro se

supplemental brief or answering brief has been filed.

Bautista’s motion for judicial notice of the special verdict in his underlying

criminal proceeding is granted. See Trigueros v. Adams, 658 F.3d 983, 987 (9th

Cir. 2011).

Our independent review of the briefing and record pursuant to Penson v.

Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 80 (1988), discloses that the certified issues provide no basis

for appellate relief. See Graves v. McEwen, 731 F.3d 876, 880-81 (9th Cir. 2013).

Counsel’s motion to withdraw is GRANTED.

AFFIRMED.

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