United States of America v. Justin Travis Adams

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
JUSTIN TRAVIS ADAMS,
Defendant - Appellant.
No. 12-50297
D.C. No. 2:11-cr-01161-JHN
MEMORANDUM*
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Central District of California
Jacqueline H. Nguyen, Circuit Judge, Presiding**
Submitted December 17, 2013***
Before: GOODWIN, WALLACE, and GRABER, Circuit Judges.
Justin Travis Adams appeals from the district court’s judgment and
challenges his guilty-plea conviction and 151-month sentence for distribution of
FILED
DEC 30 2013
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 Jacqueline H. Nguyen, United States Circuit Judge for
the Ninth Circuit, 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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methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(B)(viii).
Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Adams’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 Adams the opportunity to file a pro se
supplemental brief. No pro se supplemental brief or answering brief has been
filed.
Adams waived his right to appeal his conviction, with the exception of an
appeal based on a claim that his plea was involuntary. He also waived the right to
appeal five specified issues related to his sentence. Our independent review of the
record pursuant to Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 80 (1988), discloses no arguable
grounds for relief as to the voluntariness of Adams’s plea or any sentencing issue
outside the scope of the sentencing appeal waiver. We therefore affirm as to those
issues. We dismiss the remainder of the appeal in light of the valid appeal waivers.
See United States v. Watson, 582 F.3d 974, 988 (9th Cir. 2009).
Counsel’s motion to withdraw is GRANTED.
AFFIRMED in part; DISMISSED in part.
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