Zelaya
Zelaya v. Sexton
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 DANNY ZELAYA, Case No. 17-cv-03499-YGR (PR)
Petitioner, ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR
WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS; AND
v. DENYING CERTIFICATE OF
APPEALABILITY
KEN CLARK, Warden,1 Respondent.
Petitioner Danny Zelaya, a state prisoner currently incarcerated at California State Prison - Corcoran, brings the instant pro se habeas action under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 to challenge his 2014 conviction and sentence rendered in the Contra Costa County Superior Court involving sexual offenses against his former girlfriend E.’s niece, Jane Doe,2 over a period of three years from 2010 to 2013. Having read and considered the papers filed in connection with this matter and being fully informed, the Court hereby DENIES all claims in the petition for the reasons set forth below. I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND The California Court of Appeal summarized the facts of Petitioner’s offense as follows. This summary is presumed correct. See…