Doe

I. BACKGROUND

1 Petitioner was born in Mexico in 1987. While he was a child living in Mexico, his cousin 2 Mauricio sexually abused him. Petitioner left for the United States in 1995 and joined his father in 3 Salinas, California. Petition ¶¶ 19-20. He became a lawful permanent resident in 2000. Id. at ¶ 4 18. Petitioner experienced additional sexual abuse during his childhood after he came to the 5 United States. Id. at ¶ 20. In 2010, Petitioner was recovering from a work-related injury and 6 began babysitting Mauricio’s three-year-old daughter. In June 2010, Petitioner was playing with 7 his own son and Mauricio’s daughter. While playing, Petitioner “pulled [the daughter’s] 8 underpants roughly for several seconds” and injured her. Id. at ¶¶ 22, 23. Later that evening, the 9 mother of the victim noticed bleeding in the victim’s vagina and took her to the hospital. 10 Petitioner was eventually arrested and charged with multiple felony counts of sexual assault. He 11 pled guilty to two counts of violating California Penal Code section 288(a) (lewd or lascivious acts 12 upon a child) and one count of violating California Penal Code section 273a(a) (great bodily harm…