United States of America v. DONALD WALTERS, Jr.

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
DONALD WALTERS, Jr.,
Defendant-Appellant.
No. 15-10298
D.C. No. 2:13-cr-00323-JCM
MEMORANDUM*
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Nevada
James C. Mahan, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted August 16, 2016**
Before: O’SCANNLAIN, LEAVY, and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.
Donald Walters, Jr., appeals from the district court’s judgment and
challenges his guilty-plea convictions and 105-month concurrent sentences for
being a felon in possession of firearms, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1).
Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Walters’s counsel has filed
FILED
AUG 22 2016
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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a brief stating that there are no grounds for relief, along with a motion to withdraw
as counsel of record. We have provided Walters 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.
Walters’s motion for judicial notice and counsel’s motion to withdraw are
GRANTED.
AFFIRMED.
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