United States v. Manuel Landeros-Lopez

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS AUG 22 2023 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 22-50279 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 2:19-cr-00609-MWF-2 v. MEMORANDUM* MANUEL ANGEL LANDEROS-LOPEZ, AKA Manuel Lopez, AKA Manuel Lopez- Landeros, AKA Unidentified Male 1, Defendant-Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Michael W. Fitzgerald, District Judge, Presiding Submitted August 15, 2023** Before: TASHIMA, S.R. THOMAS, and FORREST, Circuit Judges. Manuel Angel Landeros-Lopez appeals from the district court’s judgment and challenges the 135-month sentence imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute * 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). OSA129 cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A)(ii), and 846. Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Landeros-Lopez’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 Landeros-Lopez the opportunity to file a pro se supplemental brief. No pro se supplemental brief or answering brief has been filed. The sentence imposed by the district court triggered the appeal waiver, which bars Landeros-Lopez from challenging his custodial sentence, his supervised release term, and the conditions of his supervised release. 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 therefore dismiss Landeros-Lopez’s appeal. Counsel’s motion to withdraw is GRANTED. DISMISSED. 2 22-50279