United States of America v. Santos Lopez

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
SANTOS LOPEZ,
Defendant-Appellant.
No. 18-30064
D.C. No. 3:17-cr-00093-TMB-1
MEMORANDUM*
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Alaska
Timothy M. Burgess, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted July 15, 2019**
Before: SCHROEDER, SILVERMAN, and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.
Santos Lopez appeals from the district court’s judgment and challenges his
guilty-plea convictions and 46-month concurrent sentences for four counts of drug
distribution, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(B). Pursuant to Anders v.
California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Lopez’s counsel has filed a brief stating that there
* 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
JUL 18 2019
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

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are no grounds for relief, along with a motion to withdraw as counsel of record.
We have provided Lopez 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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