Covello

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JAMES DENERICK NELSON, JR., No. 2:24-cv-0758 KJM AC P Petitioner, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS PATRICK COVELLO, Warden, Respondent. 16 Petitioner is a California state prisoner proceeding pro se with an application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The action proceeds on the First Amended Petition, ECF No. 7, which challenges petitioner’s 2020 conviction for indecent exposure and committing a lewd and lascivious act on a child. Respondent has answered, ECF No. 19, and petitioner has filed a traverse, ECF No. 20. BACKGROUND I. Proceedings in the Trial Court A. Preliminary Proceedings Petitioner was charged in Sacramento County with molesting the daughter of his ex- girlfriend. The criminal complaint alleged that lewd and lascivious acts and indecent exposure were committed “[o]n or about and between January 18, 2017, and January 17, 2019[.]” 1 CT 26, 27…