
    UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Simeti LUALEMAGA, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 11-10363.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted April 17, 2012.
    
    Filed April 19, 2012.
    Larry Butrick, USH — Office of the U.S. Attorney, Honolulu, HI, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    Alexander Silvert, Assistant Federal Public Defender, FPDHI — Federal Public Defender’s Office, Honolulu, HI, for Defendant-Appellant.
    Before: LEAVY, PAEZ, and BEA, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Simeti Lualemaga appeals from his jury-trial conviction and 60-month sentence for assault of a United States government employee with a deadly weapon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 111.

Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), Lualemaga’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 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. Accordingly, counsel’s motion to withdraw is GRANTED, and the district court’s judgment is AFFIRMED. 
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9 th Cir. R. 36-3.
     