Ocean v. Cunningham

SUMMARY ORDER

UPON DUE CONSIDERATION, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.

In 1999, Thomas Ocean was convicted by a jury in New York state court of sexually abusing his former girlfriend’s preadolescent daughter. Ocean directly appealed his conviction and, in 2002, secured a reduction in his sentence from the New York Appellate Division. People v. Ocean, 292 A.D.2d 545, 789 N.Y.S.2d 735 (N.Y.App. Div.2002). The New York Court of Appeals denied him leave to appeal. People v. Ocean, 98 N.Y.2d 700, 747 N.Y.S.2d 419, 776 N.E.2d 8 (2002). Ocean then petitioned…