United States of America v. William Ho, a.k.a. Mayan2012

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
WILLIAM HO, a.k.a. Mayan2012,
Defendant - Appellant.
No. 11-50205
D.C. No. 2:09-cr-01004-MMM
MEMORANDUM*
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Central District of California
Margaret M. Morrow, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted April 16, 2013**
Before: CANBY, IKUTA, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.
William Ho appeals from the district court’s judgment and challenges the
lifetime term of supervised release imposed following his guilty-plea conviction
for conspiracy to advertise, transport, receive, distribute, solicit, and possess child
FILED
APR 22 2013
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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pornography, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a), (b)(1), (b)(2). Pursuant to
Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Ho’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 Ho 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 Ho’s
lifetime term of supervised release or the conditions of supervised release.
Counsel’s motion to withdraw is GRANTED.
AFFIRMED.
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