United States v. 2020-10-29 | 20-10002 | USA V. FERMIN ORTUNO-VALDOVINOS | nonprecedential | memorandum disposition |

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.

FERMIN ORTUNO-VALDOVINOS, AKA
Fermin Ortuno, AKA Fermin Ortuno-
Valdivinos,

Defendant-Appellant.

No. 20-10002

D.C. No. 4:19-cr-02058-CKJ-JR-1

MEMORANDUM
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Arizona
Cindy K. Jorgenson, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted October 26, 2020
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Before: McKEOWN, RAWLINSON, and FRIEDLAND, Circuit Judges.

Fermin Ortuno-Valdovinos appeals from the district court’s judgment and
challenges his guilty-plea conviction and 24-month sentence for reentry of a
removed alien, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. Pursuant to Anders v. California,

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This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.

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The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
FILED

OCT 29 2020

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

2 20-10002
386 U.S. 738 (1967), Ortuno-Valdovinos’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 Ortuno-Valdovinos 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.