Jose Andres Robles Portilla v. David Holbrook

Case 2:22-cv-05892-KES Document Filed 03/23/ Page 1 of Page ID #:1601

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSE ANDRES ROBLES Case No. 2:22-cv-05892-KES

PORTILLA,

12 Petitioner, MEMORANDUM OPINION AND 13 v.

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14 DAVID HOLBROOK, Warden,

15 Respondent

In August 2022, Jose Andres Robles Portilla (“Petitioner”) filed a Petition for

Writ of Habeas Corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging the sufficiency of the

evidence to support his state court conviction for forcible sodomy. (Dkt. 1 [“Petition”].) For the reasons explained below, the Court DENIES the Petition. I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND. The underlying, italicized facts are taken from the unpublished California Court of Appeal decision: People v. Portilla, No. B304075, 2021 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 3182, 2021 WL 1958769 (Cal. Ct. App. May 17, 2021). (Lodged Document (“LD”) 5.) These facts may be presumed correct unless rebutted by clear and convincing evidence. 28 U.S.C. §…