FILED
                            NOT FOR PUBLICATION                            MAR 17 2014

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



                             FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT


UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,                        No. 13-30041

               Plaintiff - Appellee,             D.C. No. 3:04-cr-05193-RBL

  v.
                                                 MEMORANDUM*
WILLIAM EMORY McDOWELL,

               Defendant - Appellant.


                    Appeal from the United States District Court
                      for the Western District of Washington
                    Ronald B. Leighton, District Judge, Presiding

                             Submitted March 10, 2014**

Before:        PREGERSON, LEAVY, and MURGUIA, Circuit Judges.

       William Emory McDowell appeals from the district court’s order denying

his 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) motion for reduction of sentence. Pursuant to Anders v.

California, 

(1967), McDowell’s counsel has filed a brief stating that

there are no grounds for relief, along with a motion to withdraw as counsel of

          *
             This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
          **
             The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
record. We have provided McDowell 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, 

, 80 (1988), discloses no arguable grounds for relief on direct appeal.

      Counsel’s motion to withdraw is GRANTED.

      AFFIRMED.




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