NOT FOR PUBLICATION                            FILED
                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                        NOV 25 2019
                                                                      MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                                                                        U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
                           FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,                       No.    19-10173

                Plaintiff-Appellee,             D.C. No. 4:18-cr-02600-RM-DTF-1

 v.
                                                MEMORANDUM*
CARLOS ANTONIO CASTILLO-ROJO,
AKA Carlos Castillo-Rojo,

                Defendant-Appellant.

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                            for the District of Arizona
                   Rosemary Márquez, District Judge, Presiding

                          Submitted November 18, 2019**

Before:      CANBY, TASHIMA, and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.

      Carlos Antonio Castillo-Rojo appeals from the district court’s judgment and

challenges his guilty-plea conviction and 30-month sentence for reentry of a

removed alien, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. Pursuant to Anders v. California,

(1967), Castillo-Rojo’s counsel has filed a brief stating that there are


      *
             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).
no grounds for relief, along with a motion to withdraw as counsel of record. We

have provided Castillo-Rojo 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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