Guzman

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 LAZARO GUZMAN, Case No. 20-cv-04067-JST

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR

v. WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS AND

DENYING CERTIFICATE OF

JASON PICKETT, APPEALABILITY Defendant. Re: ECF No.

12 Before the Court is Petitioner Lazaro Guzman’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus, filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 to challenge the validity of his state criminal conviction. ECF No. 1. Respondent filed an answer to the petition, ECF No. 13, and Guzman declined to file a traverse.1 After careful consideration, the Court will deny the petition and deny a certificate of appealability. I. PROCEDURAL HISTORY On October 21, 2016, an Alameda County jury found Guzman guilty of nine counts of committing a lewd or lascivious act upon a child under fourteen years of age, one count of aggravated sexual assault of a child, and one count of continuous sexual abuse of a child, Cal. Penal Code §§ 288(a),…