McDowell

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOHN JAMES VAN DRUTEN, Case No.: 3:21-cv-00555-BEN (NLS)

Petitioner,

REPORT AND

v. RECOMMENDATION OF UNITED

STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE RE:

NEIL MCDOWELL, Warden,

DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT

Ironwood State Prison OF HABEAS CORPUS Respondent. 16 [ECF No. 1] 17 I. INTRODUCTION Petitioner John James Van Druten (“Petitioner”), a state prisoner, has filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging his San Diego Superior Court conviction for six counts of lewd acts upon a child and two counts of child molestation, in case number SCS293976. (ECF No. 1 at 2.) Respondent filed an answer, arguing that Petitioner’s petition fails on the merits, and lodged the state court records. (ECF No. 6 (“Lodgment”); ECF No. 7.) Petitioner then filed a traverse. (ECF No. 8.) After reviewing the parties’ submissions and the lodgments, and for the reasons discussed below, the…