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Case 2:17-cv-00922-MCE-DB Document 14 Filed 04/13/21 Page 1 of

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

STEVEN F. HARLOW, No. 2:17-CV-0922 MCE DB Petitioner, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF

CALIFORNIA,

15 Respondent.

Petitioner, a state prisoner, proceeds pro se and in forma pauperis with a petition for a writ

of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner challenges a judgment of convictions entered

on January 25, 2013 in the Sacramento County Superior Court. Petitioner stands convicted of

twelve counts of lewd and lascivious acts with a child under fourteen years of age, three counts of

lewd and lascivious acts with a child fourteen years of age, and one count of using a minor to

perform prohibited acts. Petitioner claims: (1) the trial court’s admission of uncharged sexual

offenses violated state evidentiary rules and his Fourteenth Amendment due…