United States of America v. Alexander Sol-Torres

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent*
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision**
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
ALEXANDER SOL-TORRES,
Defendant - Appellant.
No. 10-50576
D.C. No. 3:09-cr-03957-IEG
MEMORANDUM*
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of California
Irma E. Gonzalez, Chief Judge, Presiding
Submitted January 17, 2012**
Before: LEAVY, TALLMAN, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
Alexander Sol-Torres appeals from his guilty-plea conviction and 46-month
sentence for being a deported alien found in the United States, in violation of 8
U.S.C. § 1326. Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Sol-
Torres’s counsel has filed a brief stating that there are no grounds for relief, along
FILED
JAN 23 2012
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U .S. C OU R T OF APPE ALS

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with a motion to withdraw as counsel of record. We have provided Sol-Torres
with 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, 80-81 (1988), discloses no arguable grounds for relief on direct appeal.
Accordingly, counsel’s motion to withdraw is GRANTED, and the district
court’s judgment is AFFIRMED.

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