
    UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jose Ines MEDINA PONCE, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 15-10254
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    
      Submitted May 24, 2016 
    
    FILED May 31, 2016
    Barbara Valliere, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Anne M. Voigts, Assistant U.S. Attorney, DOJ-USAO, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    Jose Ines Medina Ponce, Pro Se.
    Before: REINHARDT, W. FLETCHER, and OWENS, 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 Ines Medina Ponce appeals from the district court’s judgment and challenges his guilty-plea conviction and 50-month sentence for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(C). Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), Medina Ponce’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 Medina Ponce the opportunity to file a pro se supplemental brief. No pro se supplemental brief or answering brief has been filed.

Medina Ponce 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.

Counsels 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.
     