United States of America v. Jaime Garcia-Ontiveros

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
JAIME GARCIA-ONTIVEROS,
Defendant - Appellant.
No. 13-10442
D.C. No. 4:12-cr-02134-RCC
MEMORANDUM*
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Arizona
Timothy M. Burgess, District Judge, Presiding**
Submitted June 12, 2014***
Before: McKEOWN, WARDLAW, and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Jaime Garcia-Ontiveros appeals from the district court’s judgment and
challenges his guilty-plea conviction and 60-month sentence for conspiracy to
FILED
JUN 17 2014
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
** The Honorable Timothy M. Burgess, United States District Judge for
the District of Alaska, sitting by deisgnation.
*** 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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possess with intent to distribute marijuana, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846.
Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Garcia-Ontiveros’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 Garcia-Ontiveros the
opportunity to file a pro se supplemental brief. No pro se supplemental brief or
answering brief has been filed.
Garcia-Ontiveros has waived his right to appeal his conviction and sentence.
Our independent review of the record pursuant to Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 80
(1988), discloses no arguable issue as to the validity of the waiver. See United
States v. Watson, 582 F.3d 974, 986-88 (9th Cir. 2009). We accordingly dismiss
the appeal. See id. at 988.
Counsel’s motion to withdraw is GRANTED.
DISMISSED.
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