Welch v. Lund

COLLOTON, Circuit Judge.

Paul Welch, an Iowa prisoner, appeals the judgment of the district court 2 dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas .corpus. He argues that the district court erred in concluding that he procedurally defaulted several claims by failing to exhaust them in the Iowa state courts. We affirm.

I

In 2001, an Iowa jury convicted Paul Welch on eight counts of second-degree sexual abuse of minor C.B., and eleven counts of third-degree sexual abuse of minor A.J. The district court sentenced him to a total of 35 years’ imprisonment. The Iowa Court of Appeals affirmed his…