
    UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Guadalupe Rubio CORONEL, aka Lupe, Defendant—Appellant.
    No. 06-50076.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted Sept. 11, 2006.
    
    Decided Sept. 18, 2006.
    Becky S. Walker, Esq., Mark A. Young, Esq., Office of the U.S. Attorney, Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    Anthony E. Alexander, Esq., Los Angeles, CA, for Defendant-Appellant.
    
      Before: PREGERSON, T.G. NELSON and GRABER, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Guadalupe Rubio Coronel appeals from the district court’s judgment and 120-month sentence imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for conspiracy, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846, and possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1).

Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), counsel for Coronel has filed a brief stating that there are no grounds for relief, and a motion to withdraw as counsel of record. Coronel has not filed a pro se supplemental brief, and the government has not filed an answering brief.

We have conducted an independent review of the record pursuant to Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 83, 109 S.Ct. 346, 102 L.Ed.2d 300 (1988), and we dismiss in light of the valid appeal waiver. See United States v. Nguyen, 235 F.3d 1179, 1182 (9th Cir.2000) (stating that an appeal waiver is valid when it is entered into knowingly and voluntarily).

Counsel’s motion to withdraw is GRANTED, and this appeal is DISMISSED. 
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
     