Velasquez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 EDGAR ENRIQUE VELASQUEZ, Case No. 16-cv-02666-HSG

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR

WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

v. Re: Dkt. No. 1 ROSEMARY NDOH, Defendant.

12 Pending before the Court is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. See Dkt. No. 1. Petitioner Edgar Velasquez challenges the validity of his state court sentence. Having carefully considered the parties’ arguments, the Court DENIES the petition. I. BACKGROUND A. State Court Proceedings On March 1, 2013, Petitioner pled no contest to forcible oral copulation upon a child under Cal. Pen. Code § 288a(c)(2)(B); forcible lewd acts upon a child under Cal. Pen. Code § 288(b)(1); and four counts of lewd acts upon a child under Cal. Pen. Code § 288(a). See Dkt. No. 9-1 (“Clerk’s Transcript” or “CT”) at 114–20; Dkt. No. 9-2 (“Reporter’s Transcript” or “RT”) at 5–6.1 He further admitted enhancement allegations that he had substantial sexual conduct with a…