United States v. Williams

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS NOV 26 2024 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 23-644 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellee, 2:21-cr-00722-MTL-1 v. MEMORANDUM* ANTHONY HENRY WILLIAMS, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Michael T. Liburdi, District Judge, Presiding Submitted November 20, 2024** Before: CANBY, TALLMAN, and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges. Anthony Henry Williams appeals from the district court’s judgment and challenges his jury-trial convictions and concurrent 48-month sentences for false claims, conspiracy, mail fraud, and transactional money laundering, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 287, 371, 1341, and 1957. The judgment also ordered forfeiture of * 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). real property and two vehicles and restitution in the amount of $596,628.00. Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), Williams’s counsel has filed a brief stating that there are no grounds for relief, along with a motion to withdraw as counsel of record. Williams has filed a pro se supplemental opening brief and a supplemental affidavit in support of his position. The government has not filed an answering brief. Our independent review of the record pursuant to Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 80 (1988), which includes consideration of Williams’s pro se arguments, discloses no non-frivolous grounds for relief on direct appeal. Counsel’s motion to withdraw is GRANTED. AFFIRMED. 2 23-644