
    UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Waine Edward VASSEL, a.k.a. Harper, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 10-10554.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted Dec. 19, 2011.
    
    
      Filed Dec. 21, 2011.
    Randall M. Howe, Esquire, Assistant U.S. Attorney, USPX-Office of the U.S. Attorney, Phoenix, AZ, for Plaintiff-Appel-lee.
    Federal Correctional Institution, Peters-burg, VA, Patrick Edward McGillicuddy, I, Esquire, Law Offices of Patrick E. McGil-licuddy, Phoenix, AZ, for Defendant-Appellant.
    Waine Edward Vassel, pro se.
    Before: GOODWIN, WALLACE, and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.
    
      
      
         The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument.
      
        
        See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Waine Edward Vassel appeals from his guilty-plea conviction and 108-month sentence imposed for possession with the intent to deliver marijuana, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(l)(B)(vii). Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), Vassel’s counsel has filed a brief stating there are no grounds for relief, along with a motion to withdraw as counsel of record. We have provided the appellant with 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, 488 U.S. 75, 80-81, 109 S.Ct. 346, 102 L.Ed.2d 300 (1988), discloses no arguable grounds for relief on direct appeal. We dismiss in light of the valid appeal waiver. See United States v. Nguyen, 235 F.3d 1179, 1182 (9th Cir.2000).

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.
     