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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 FIDEL ALCANTAR SOTO, No. 2:17-cv-1002 TLN AC P Petitioner, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS M.E. SPEARMAN, 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 a petition which challenges petitioner’s 2015 conviction for multiple sex offenses against minor victims. ECF No. 1. Respondent has answered. ECF No. 14. Petitioner did not file a traverse. BACKGROUND I. Proceedings In the Trial Court Petitioner was charged in Yolo County Superior Court with oral copulation of a child, two counts of lewd acts on a child, and child endangerment. CT 72-76 (amended information).1 The case proceeded to trial. Because the only claim presented in federal habeas addresses jury selection, the evidence presented to the jury need not be summarized here. On April 3,…