
    UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Rene MALDONADO-MARTINEZ, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 02-10436. D.C. No. CR-01-01735-CKJ.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted July 21, 2003.
    
    Decided July 24, 2003.
    Before LEAVY, HAWKINS and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Rene Maldonado-Martinez appeals his guilty-plea conviction and 62-month sentence for being an alien found in the United States following deportation, 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), counsel for Maldonado-Martinez has filed a brief stating that there are no meritorious issues for review, and a motion to withdraw as counsel of record. Maldonado-Martinez has not filed a pro se supplemental brief.

Our 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), discloses no further issues for review. Counsel’s motion to withdraw is GRANTED and the district court’s judgment is AFFIRMED. 
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
     