United States of America v. Amador Leon-Quintero, a.k.a. Almador Leon Quinteros, a.k.a. Amador Leon Quinteros

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
AMADOR LEON-QUINTERO, a.k.a.
Almador Leon Quinteros, a.k.a. Amador
Leon Quinteros,
Defendant - Appellant.
No. 14-10260
D.C. No. 2:13-cr-01332-SRB
MEMORANDUM*
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Arizona
Linda R. Reade, District Judge, Presiding**
Submitted July 21, 2015***
Before: CANBY, BEA, and MURGUIA, Circuit Judges.
Amador Leon-Quintero appeals from the district court’s judgment and
FILED
JUL 29 2015
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 Linda R. Reade, Chief Judge of the United States
District Court for the Northern District of Iowa, 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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challenges his guilty-plea conviction and 57-month sentence for reentry of a
removed alien, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. Pursuant to Anders v. California,
386 U.S. 738 (1967), Leon-Quintero’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 Leon-Quintero the opportunity to file a pro se supplemental
brief. No pro se supplemental brief or answering brief has been filed.
Leon-Quintero 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. Appellant’s motion to
supplement the record is denied.
DISMISSED.
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