
    UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ignacio VELAZQUEZ-MERCADO, aka Ignacio Velasquez-Mercado, Ignacio Blazquez Mercado, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 03-10161.
    D.C. No. CR-02-02205-CKJ.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted Dec. 8, 2003.
    
    Decided Dec. 12, 2003.
    
      Christina M. Cabanillas, Nathan D. Leonardo, USTU-Office of the U.S. Attorney, Tucson, AZ, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    Ignacio Velazquez-Mercado, pro se, Florence, AZ, for Defendant-Appellant.
    Randolfo V. Lopez, Law Office of Ran-dolfo V. Lopez, Tucson, AZ, for Defendant-Appellant.
    Before GOODWIN, WALLACE and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.
    
      
      This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Ignacio Velazquez-Mercado appeals the judgment imposing a 55-month sentence pursuant to his guilty-plea conviction for attempted entry after 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 Velazquez-Mercado has filed a brief stating that there are no grounds for relief, and a motion to withdraw as counsel of record. Velazquez-Mercado 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 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.
     