Phillips
(HC) Villanueva v. Phillips
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ARMANDO VILLANUEVA, No. 1:23-cv-01352-SKO (HC) Petitioner, ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT
TO ASSIGN DISTRICT JUDGE
v.
FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION
BRYAN D. PHILLIPS, Warden, TO DENY PETITION FOR WRIT OF
HABEAS CORPUS
Respondent. [TWENTY-ONE DAY DEADLINE]
17 Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner filed the instant petition challenging his convictions for sexually abusing minor children. As discussed below, the Court finds the claims to be without merit and will recommend the petition be DENIED. I. PROCEDURAL HISTORY On December 12, 2019, Petitioner was convicted by jury trial in the Kern County Superior Court of eight counts of lewd and lascivious acts with a minor under the age of fourteen in violation of Cal. Penal Code § 288(a) and two counts of oral copulation on a minor under the age of fourteen in…