United States of America v. Rashad Q. Sanders

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
RASHAD Q. SANDERS,
Defendant - Appellant.
No. 13-30156
D.C. No. 3:11-cr-00385-HZ
MEMORANDUM*
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Oregon
Marco A. Hernandez, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted February 18, 2014**
Before: ALARCÓN, O’SCANNLAIN, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges.
Rashad Q. Sanders appeals from the district court’s judgment and challenges
his guilty-plea conviction and 194-month sentence for transportation of a minor, in
violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2423(a); and two counts of sex trafficking of a minor, in
violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1591(a), 1591(b)(2), and 1594(a). Pursuant to Anders v.
FILED
FEB 27 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 panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

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California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Sanders’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 Sanders the opportunity to file a pro se supplemental
brief. No pro se supplemental brief or answering brief has been filed.
Sanders has waived his right to appeal his conviction and sentence. Our
independent review of the record pursuant to Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 80
(1988), discloses no arguable issue as to the validity of the waiver. See United
States v. Watson, 582 F.3d 974, 986-88 (9th Cir. 2009). We accordingly dismiss
the appeal. See id. at 988.
Counsel’s motion to withdraw is GRANTED.
DISMISSED.
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