United States of America v. Paul Richard Butts

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
PAUL RICHARD BUTTS,
Defendant-Appellant.
No. 21-10331
D.C. No. 2:05-cr-01127-DGC-1
MEMORANDUM*
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Arizona
David G. Campbell, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted July 12, 2022**
Before: SCHROEDER, R. NELSON, and VANDYKE, Circuit Judges.
Paul Richard Butts appeals from the district court’s judgment and challenges
the revocation of supervised release, as well as the three-month sentence and
lifetime term of supervised release imposed upon revocation. Pursuant to Anders
v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Butts’s counsel has filed a brief stating that
* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
FILED
JUL 18 2022
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

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there are no grounds for relief, along with a motion to withdraw as counsel of
record. We have provided Butts 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 (1988), discloses no arguable grounds for relief on direct appeal.
Counsel’s motion to withdraw is GRANTED.
AFFIRMED.

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