United States of America v. Alberto Cortez-Sanchez

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent*
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
The Honorable Marvin E. Aspen, Senior United States District Judge**
for the Northern District of Illinois, sitting by designation.
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NOT FOR PUBLICATION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.
ALBERTO CORTEZ-SANCHEZ,
Defendant - Appellant.
No. 12-10143
D.C. No. 4:11-cr-03698-RCC
MEMORANDUM*
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Arizona
Marvin E. Aspen, District Judge, Presiding**
Submitted March 12, 2013***
Before: PREGERSON, REINHARDT, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.
Alberto Cortez-Sanchez appeals from the district court’s judgment and
challenges his guilty-plea conviction and 24-month sentence for reentry after
FILED
MAR 21 2013
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U .S. C OU R T OF APPE ALS

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deportation, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386
U.S. 738 (1967), Cortez-Sanchez’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 Cortez-Sanchez 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 as to
Cortez-Sanchez’s conviction and custodial sentence. However, before
Cortez-Sanchez was sentenced, the Guidelines were amended to recommend
against the imposition of supervised release in cases where the defendant is likely
to be deported after imprisonment. See U.S.S.G. § 5D1.1(c) & cmt. n.5 (2011).
Because the record suggests that the district court did not consider section 5D1.1(c)
when it imposed supervised release in this case, we vacate Cortez-Sanchez’s 3-year
term of supervised release and remand for the district court to reconsider the
imposition of supervised release in light of that section.
Counsel’s motion to withdraw is GRANTED.
The government’s motion to strike a misfiled letter is GRANTED.
AFFIRMED, sentence VACATED in part, REMANDED.

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