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P. v. Swensen
Defendant Howard Jay Swensen purports to appeal from the judgment following his no contest plea to one count of assault with a deadly weapon or by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury (Pen. Code, § 245, subd. (a)(1)). The court placed him on unsupervised probation. According to the transcript of the preliminary hearing, the victim of the assault, Kevin Arias, was on a ladder at the AMC theater at the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica when defendant shook the ladder, causing him to fall. Defendant then got on top of Arias and attacked him using chopsticks and his fists.
Defendant’s court appointed attorney filed an opening brief pursuant to People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436, requesting that we independently review the record. By letter dated January 9, 2012, we informed defendant of his right to submit by brief or letter within 30 days any contentions he wished us to consider. We have received no response.
Defendant’s failure to obtain a certificate of probable cause bars him from raising any issues challenging the validity of his plea (Pen. Code, § 1237.5; see People v. McEwan (2007) 147 Cal.App.4th 173, 177-178), and our independent review discloses no cognizable issues from proceedings arising after the plea.

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