
    UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jose Juan MARTINEZ-MENDIA, a.k.a. Jose Martinez, a.k.a. Jose Juan Martinez, a.k.a. Juan Martinez, a.k.a. Jose Reynaldo Medina-Martinez, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 15-10078.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted March 15, 2016.
    
    Filed March 21, 2016.
    Krissa Marie Lanham, Office of the U.S. Attorney, Phoenix, AZ, Plaintiff-Appellee.
    Tonya Jill Peterson, Esquire, Phoenix, AZ, for Defendant-Appellant.
    Jose Juan Martinez-Mendia, Milan, NM, pro se.
    Before: GOODWIN, LEAVY, and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

. Jose Juan Martinez-Mendia appeals from the district court’s judgment and challenges his guilty-plea conviction and 37-month sentence for reentry of a removed alien, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), Martinez-Mendia’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 Martinez-Mendia the opportunity to file a pro se supplemental brief. No pro se supplemental brief or answering brief has been filed.

Martinez-Mendia 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, 109 S.Ct. 346, 102 L.Ed.2d 300 (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. 
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
     