Burgos

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 NORMANDIE S BURGOS, Case No. 23-cv-01077-HSG

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR

HABEAS CORPUS

v. Re: Dkt. No. 1 PATRICK COVELLO, Defendant.

12 Petitioner Normandie S. Burgos filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging his conviction and sentence in Contra Costa County Superior Court. Dkt. No. 1 (“Pet.”). Petitioner is currently serving an aggregate sentence of 255 years to life imprisonment for dozens of sex offenses against two minors. Respondent has filed an answer, Dkt. No. 14 (“Answer”), and Petitioner has filed a traverse, Dkt. No. 16 (“Traverse”). The Court has carefully considered the briefs submitted by the parties, and DENIES the petition for the reasons detailed below. 19 I. PROCEDURAL HISTORY On May 2, 2019, a jury in Contra Costa County Superior Court found Petitioner guilty of 21 lewd acts upon a minor; forcible oral copulation upon a minor over 14 years of age; oral 22 copulation of a person…