Sjoberg v. Henley

1 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 3 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 4 THOMAS JUSTIN SJOBERG, Case No. 3:20-cv-00322-ART-CLB 5 Petitioner, ORDER v. 6 JOHN HENLEY,1 7 Respondents. 8 9 Petitioner Thomas Justin Sjoberg (“Petitioner” or “Sjoberg”), who entered 10 an Alford2 plea to lewdness with a child under the age of 14 years and was 11 sentenced to ten years to life in prison, filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus 12 under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (See ECF Nos. 1; 17-7.) This matter is before this court 13 for adjudication of the merits of the remaining ground3 in Sjoberg’s petition, 14 which alleges that his…