United States v. 2020-09-10 | 19-10279 | USA V. TONY BARNES | nonprecedential | memorandum disposition |

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.

TONY FERNANDEZ BARNES,

Defendant-Appellant.

No. 19-10279

D.C. No. 2:18-cr-00137-MCE-1

MEMORANDUM
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of California
Morrison C. England, Jr., District Judge, Presiding

Submitted September 8, 2020
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Before: TASHIMA, SILVERMAN, and OWENS, Circuit Judges.

Tony Fernandez Barnes appeals from the district court’s judgment and
challenges his guilty-plea conviction and 37-month sentence for failure to register
as a sex offender, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2250(a). Pursuant to Anders v.
California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Barnes’s counsel has filed a brief stating that

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This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.

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The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
FILED

SEP 10 2020

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

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there are no grounds for relief, along with a motion to withdraw as counsel of
record. We have provided Barnes 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.