
    UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jaime MORENO-CHICUELLAR, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 16-10223
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted January 18, 2017
    
    Filed January 23, 2017
    Erica McCallum, Assistant U.S. Attorney, USTU—Office of the US Attorney, Tucson, AZ, for Plaintiff-Appellee
    Jaime Moreno-Chicuellar, Pro Se-
    Before: TROTT, TASHIMA, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Jaime Moreno-Chicuellar appeals from the district court’s judgment and challenges his guilty-plea conviction and 18-month concurrent sentences for six counts of transportation of illegal aliens for profit, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(l)(A)(ii) and (a)(l)(B)(i). Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), Moreno-Chicuellar’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 Moreno-Chicuellar 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, 109 S.Ct. 346, 102 L.Ed.2d 300 (1988), discloses no arguable grounds for relief on direct appeal.

Counsel’s motion to withdraw is GRANTED.

AFFIRMED. 
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
     