United States of America v. Santiago Arce-Rodriguez

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
SANTIAGO ARCE-RODRIGUEZ,
Defendant - Appellant.
No. 13-10478
D.C. No. 2:13-cr-00653-GMS
MEMORANDUM*
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Arizona
J. Frederick Motz, District Judge, Presiding**
Submitted June 12, 2014***
Before: McKEOWN, WARDLAW, and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Santiago Arce-Rodriguez appeals from his guilty-plea conviction and
18-month sentence for reentry of a removed alien, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326;
FILED
JUN 17 2014
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
** The Honorable J. Frederick Motz, Senior United States District Judge
for the District of Maryland, sitting by designation.
*** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

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and from the district court’s order denying his motion to extend time to file a
notice of appeal. Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Arce-
Rodriguez’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 Arce-
Rodriguez the opportunity to file a pro se supplemental brief. No pro se
supplemental brief or answering brief has been filed.
Treating Arce-Rodriguez’s appeal as timely, 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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