Cabrera v. Cates

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 JUAN ANTONIO CABRERA, Case No. 20-cv-01256-JST 8 Petitioner, ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR 9 v. WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS 10 BRIAN CATES, Re: ECF No. 20 Defendant. 11 12 13 Before the Court is Petitioner Juan Antonio Cabrera’s amended petition for a writ of 14 habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. ECF No. 20. The Court will deny the petition and deny a 15 certificate of appealability. 16 I. PROCEDURAL HISTORY 17 In 2014, a California jury found Cabrera guilty of fourteen counts of forcible lewd acts 18 upon a child,

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