United States of America v. Cemone Champagne Lewis

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
CEMONE CHAMPAGNE LEWIS,
Defendant-Appellant.
No. 21-15592
D.C. Nos.
2:20-cv-01073-APG
2:18-cr-00055-APG-GWF-1
MEMORANDUM*
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Nevada
Andrew P. Gordon, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted December 14, 2021**
Before: WALLACE, CLIFTON, and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges.
Cemone Champagne Lewis appeals from the district court’s judgment
denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion to vacate his conviction and sentence.
Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Lewis’s counsel has filed a
brief stating that there are no grounds for relief, along with a motion to withdraw
* 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
DEC 21 2021
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

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as counsel of record. We have provided Lewis 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 briefing and record pursuant to Penson v.
Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 80 (1988), discloses that the certified issue provides no basis
for appellate relief. See Graves v. McEwen, 731 F.3d 876, 880-81 (9th Cir. 2013).
Lewis’s counsel’s motion to withdraw is GRANTED.
AFFIRMED.

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