United States of America v. Sylvia Flores

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
SYLVIA FLORES,
Defendant-Appellant.
No. 17-10549
D.C. No. 4:16-cr-00990-RM
MEMORANDUM*
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Arizona
Rosemary Márquez, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted October 22, 2018**
Before: SILVERMAN, GRABER, and GOULD, Circuit Judges.
Sylvia Flores appeals from the district court’s judgment and challenges her
jury-trial convictions and 60-month concurrent sentences for possession with intent
to distribute methamphetamine and heroin, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
and (b)(1)(C); and importation of methamphetamine and heroin, in violation of 21
* 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
OCT 29 2018
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

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U.S.C. §§ 952(a), 960(a)(1), and 960(b)(3). Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386
U.S. 738 (1967), Flores’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 Flores 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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