United States of America v. Shanntaye Ebony Hicks

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
SHANNTAYE EBONY HICKS,
Defendant - Appellant.
No. 15-10328
D.C. No. 2:13-cr-00190-MCE-1
MEMORANDUM*
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of California
Morrison C. England, Jr., Chief District Judge, Presiding
Submitted March 3, 2016**
Before: HUG, FARRIS, and CANBY, Circuit Judges.
Shanntaye Ebony Hicks appeals from the district court’s judgment and
challenges her guilty-plea convictions and 292-month concurrent sentences for two
counts of transportation of a minor, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2423(a). Pursuant
to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Hicks’s counsel has filed a brief
FILED
MAR 07 2016
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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stating that there are no grounds for relief, along with a motion to withdraw as
counsel of record. We have provided Hicks the opportunity to file a pro se
supplemental brief. No pro se supplemental brief or answering brief has been
filed.
Hicks has waived the right to appeal her convictions and sentences. Because
the record discloses no arguable issue as to the validity of the waiver, we dismiss
Hicks’s appeal. See United States v. Watson, 582 F.3d 974, 986-88 (9th Cir.
2009).
Counsel’s motion to withdraw is GRANTED.
DISMISSED.
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