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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Aziz M. MAALI, a.k.a. Ozzi, Defendant-Appellant.
MEMORANDUM **
Aziz M. Maali appeals from the district court’s judgment and challenges his guilty-plea conviction and 12-month-and-one-day sentence for structuring transactions to evade reporting requirements, in violation of 31 U.S.C. § 5324(a)(3), (d)(2). Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), Maali’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 Maali the opportunity to file a pro se supplemental brief. No pro se supplemental brief or answering brief has been filed.
Maali waived his right to appeal his conviction, with the exception of an appeal based on a claim that his plea was involuntary. 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 as to the voluntariness of Maali’s plea. We therefore affirm as to that issue and dismiss the remainder of the appeal of his conviction.
Maali also waived the right to appeal most aspects of his sentence. We dismiss Maali’s sentencing appeal as to those aspects of his sentence that are covered by the waiver and affirm as to all other issues except as to the three supervised release conditions, standard conditions five, six, and fourteen, which are unconstitutionally vague. See United States v. Evans, 883 F.3d 1154, 1162-64 (9th Cir. 2018); see also United States v. Watson, 582 F.3d 974 (9th Cir. 2009) (an appeal waiver does not bar a constitutional challenge to a supervised release condition). We remand for the district court to modify these conditions consistent with our opinion in Evans.
Counsel’s motion to withdraw is GRANTED.
AFFIRMED in part; DISMISSED in part; REMANDED with instructions.
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Docket No: No. 17-50319
Decided: May 18, 2018
Court: United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
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