Sherman

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JEREMY WILLIAM DEDEKER, No. 2:20-cv-02056-KJM-EFB P Petitioner, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

THAT THE PETITION BE DENIED

STUART SHERMAN, Respondent. 16 Petitioner, proceeding pro se, brings an application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He was charged and convicted in the Nevada County Superior Court of: (1) sodomy of a child 10 years old or younger (Pen. Code §288.7, subd. (a)); (2) oral copulation with a child 10 years old or younger (§288.7, subd. (b)); (3) two counts of lewd or lascivious acts upon a child under 14 years old (§288, subd. (a)); and (4) sodomy of a child under fourteen years old (§286 subd. (c)(1)). His habeas petition raises one claim of ineffective assistance of counsel. He contends that counsel should have investigated and presented evidence that the victim’s mother, “S.L.,” had a prior conviction for making a false accusation of sexual assault. ECF No. 26 at 4. …