Kernan

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JERRY C. JOHNSON, No. 2:17-cv-02525-DAD-AC (HC) Petitioner, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS AND DENYING

v. PETITION FOR HABEAS RELIEF SCOTT KERNAN, et al., (Doc. Nos. 1, 62) Respondents. 16 Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner challenges his 2013 conviction in the Solano County Superior Court for rape of an incompetent person with infliction of great bodily injury in violation of California Penal Code § 261(a)(1). (Doc. No. 1.) In his petition, petitioner asserts the following claims: (1) his rights under the Ex Post Facto Clause were violated because his victim was not placed in conservatorship by her mother until after she became pregnant by petitioner; (2) his due process and confrontation rights were violated when his defense counsel was prohibited from cross-examining the victim’s mother and the…