Orozco

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 JESUS L. OROZCO, Case No. 19-cv-05828-EMC

Petitioner,

ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR A

v. WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

RALPH DIAZ, Respondent.

12 I. INTRODUCTION Jesus L. Orozco, an inmate at the Correctional Training Facility in Soledad, filed this pro se action for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Respondent has filed an answer and Mr. Orozco has filed a traverse. Mr. Orozco’s petition is now before the Court for review on the merits. For the reasons discussed below, the petition for writ of habeas corpus will be denied. II. BACKGROUND Mr. Orozco was prosecuted for sexual assault of a child,1 and a jury found him guilty of six counts: Count 1- aggravated sexual assault of a child (Cal. Pen. Code § 269); Count 2- misdemeanor assault (Cal. Pen. Code § 240), Counts 3, 4, and 5- forcible lewd conduct on a child under 14 (Cal. Pen. Code §…