
    UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Juan VASQUEZ-PERALES, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 03-10354.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted April 12, 2004.
    
    Decided April 15, 2004.
    William L. Sims, Office of the U.S. Attorney, Fresno, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    
      Eric V. Kersten, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Fresno, CA, for Defendant-Appellant.
    Before: O’SCANNLAIN, RYMER, and BEA, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Juan Vasquez-Perales appeals his guilty-plea conviction and 46-month sentence for being a deported alien found within the United States without authorization 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 Vasquez-Perales has filed a brief stating that he finds no grounds for relief, along with a motion to withdraw as counsel of record. No pro se supplemental brief or answering brief has been filed.

Our examination of the brief and 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), disclose no grounds for relief on direct appeal.

Accordingly, 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.
     