Airo
Airo v. Gamboa
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 MICHAEL AIRO, Case No. 3:23-cv-01373-JSC
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR
v. WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
MARTIN GAMBOA, Re: Dkt. No. 14 Defendant.
12 INTRODUCTION Petitioner, a prisoner of the State of California, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 on the grounds of ineffective assistance of counsel. (Dkt. 1 at 11.) Respondent answered the petition (Dkt. 11.) and petitioner filed a traverse. (Dkt. 13.) For the reasons set forth below, the petition is DENIED. BACKGROUND In 2018, a jury convicted Petitioner of continuous sexual abuse of a child under fourteen (Cal. Penal Code § 288.5(a)) and three counts of forcible lewd acts on a child (Cal. Penal Code § 288(b)(1)). (Dkt. 1 at 5.) Petitioner was sentenced to fifteen years in prison. (Dkt. 11 at 5.) Petitioner appealed. (Dkt. 11 at 15.) The California Court of…