United States v. Derek Stokes ( 2020 )

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS AUG 7 2020
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 19-10433
Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No.
2:19-cr-00014-MMD-NJK-1
v.
DEREK ALLEN STOKES, MEMORANDUM*
Defendant-Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Nevada
Miranda M. Du, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted August 5, 2020 **
Before: SCHROEDER, HAWKINS, and LEE, Circuit Judges.
Derek Allen Stokes appeals from the district court’s judgment and
challenges his guilty-plea convictions and concurrent 13-month sentences for three
counts of assaulting, resisting, or impeding federal officers or employees, in
violation of 18 U.S.C. § 111(a)(1) and (b). Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386
* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
U.S. 738 (1967), Stokes’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 Stokes 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 (1988), discloses no arguable grounds for relief on direct appeal.
Counsel’s motion to withdraw is GRANTED.
AFFIRMED.
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