Edgin
Edgin v. Covello
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 DARREL EDGIN, Case No. 20-cv-07565-RMI
Petitioner,
ORDER FOR RESPONDENT TO
v. SHOW CAUSE
PATRICK COVELLO, Re: Dkt. No. 7 Respondent.
12 Petitioner, a California prisoner, filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner was convicted in Santa Clara County, so venue is proper here. See 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). Petitioner has filed a motion to proceed in forma pauperis and has consented to the jurisdiction of a Magistrate Judge (dkts. 7, 8). BACKGROUND Petitioner was convicted of having sexual intercourse with a child ten years of age or younger, lewd or lascivious act on a child under 14 and of continuous sexual abuse of a child under 14. People v. Edgin, No. H043305, 2018 WL 3031767, at *1 (Cal. Ct. App. June 9, 2018). Petitioner was sentenced to 50 years to life in state prison. Id. The California Court of Appeal affirmed the judgment. Id.…