Blake

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 GORDON BLAKE, Case No. 3:19-cv-06227-WHO

Petitioner,

ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR

v. WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

ROSEMARY NDOH, Re: Dkt. No. 29 Respondent.

12 Petitioner Gordon Blake was convicted in state court on several dozen counts of lewd acts and forceable lewd acts involving substantial sexual conduct against four minors. He seeks a writ of habeas corpus because, he argues, his appellate counsel was constitutionally ineffective by failing to raise an argument about several of the counts and he was denied procedural due process on several others. The petition is denied. Blake’s right to effective counsel was not violated because the argument that he says should have been made is legally incorrect. And he has not shown that he was deprived of procedural due process under clearly established federal law. BACKGROUND Both parties rely on the underlying facts as the California Court of…