United States of America v. Omar Reynaldo Garcia- Chavez

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
OMAR REYNALDO GARCIA-
CHAVEZ,
Defendant - Appellant.
No. 13-10447
D.C. No. 4:12-cr-02532-CKJ
MEMORANDUM*
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Arizona
Fred L. Van Sickle, District Judge, Presiding**
Submitted August 25, 2015***
Before: McKEOWN, CLIFTON, and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges.
Omar Reynaldo Garcia-Chavez appeals from the district court’s judgment
and challenges his guilty-plea conviction and 46-month sentence for reentry after
FILED
SEP 01 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 Fred L. Van Sickle, Senior United States District
Judge for the Eastern District of Washington, 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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deportation, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386
U.S. 738 (1967), Garcia-Chavez’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 Garcia-Chavez the opportunity to file a pro se supplemental brief. No pro
se supplemental brief or answering brief has been filed.
Garcia-Chavez 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.
DISMISSED.
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