United States of America v. Leonel Marin-Torres

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
LEONEL MARIN-TORRES,
Defendant-Appellant.
No. 16-30260
D.C. No.
2:09-cr-00262-RSL-1
MEMORANDUM*
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Western District of Washington
Robert S. Lasnik, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted November 17, 2017**
Before: FARRIS, CANBY, and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges.
Leonel Marin-Torres appeals from the district court’s order denying his 18
U.S.C. § 3582 motion to reduce his sentence. Pursuant to Anders v. California,
386 U.S. 738 (1967), Marin-Torres’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
FILED
NOV 17 2017
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
* 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).

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have provided Marin-Torres the opportunity to file a pro se supplemental brief.
No pro se supplemental brief or answering brief has been filed.
The district court did not abuse its discretion in declining to reduce Marin-
Torres’s sentence because of his extensive record of violence before and after his
sentence was imposed. In addition, our independent review of the record pursuant
to Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 80 (1988), discloses no arguable grounds for relief.
Counsel’s motion to withdraw is GRANTED.
AFFIRMED.
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