
    UNITED STATES of America, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Artemio Salgado GUADARRAMA, Respondent-Appellee.
    No. 03-50206.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    
      Submitted April 12, 2004.
    
    Decided April 16, 2004.
    Ronald L. Cheng, Esq., Tracy Wilkerson, AUSA, Office of the U.S. Attorney, Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    Tina Long Rippy, Esq., Whittier, CA, for Defendant-Appellant.
    Before: HALL, O’SCANNLAIN and RYMER, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Artemio Salgado Guadarrama appeals his guilty-plea conviction and 120-month sentence for distribution of methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1).

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