United States of America v. Lewis Lee Settles

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NOT FOR PUBLICATION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.
LEWIS LEE SETTLES,
Defendant - Appellant.
No. 10-50087
D.C. No. 2:08-cr-00564-ODW
MEMORANDUM*
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Central District of California
Otis D. Wright, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted January 17, 2012 **
Before: LEAVY, TALLMAN, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
Lewis Lee Settles appeals from the 180-month aggregate sentence imposed
following his guilty-plea convictions for drug and firearm crimes. Pursuant to
Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Settles’s counsel has filed a brief
FILED
JAN 23 2012
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U .S. C OU R T OF APPE ALS

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Appellant’s December 30, 2011, motion requesting leave to file late1
supplemental excerpts of record is GRANTED. The Clerk is directed to file
Settles’s supplemental excerpts of record received on December 14, 2011.
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stating there are no grounds for relief, along with a motion to withdraw as counsel
of record. We have provided the appellant 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.1

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