Gonzalez
Gonzalez v. McDowell
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
JOSE FRANCISCO GONZALEZ,
Case No. 22-cv-04057-RS (PR) Petitioner, 12 v. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
NEIL MCDOWELL,
14 Respondent.
16 INTRODUCTION Petitioner seeks federal habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 from his state convictions. The petition for such relief is now before the Court for review pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2243 and Rule 4 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases. The petition states cognizable claims. Respondent shall file a response to the petition on or before March 10, 2023. BACKGROUND In 2018 a San Francisco County Superior Court jury convicted petitioner of two counts of oral copulation or sexual penetration of a child, one count of committing a forcible lewd act on a child, and one count of committing a lewd act on a child. People v. Gonzalez, No. A157110, 2020 WL 6194411, at *4 (Cal. Ct. App. Oct. 22, 2020). In 2019, conviction in state court were…