Steven Dick v. Sharon Blacketter
Steven Dick v. Sharon Blacketter
Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Petitioner’s evidence as a whole is insufficient to pass through the Schlup gateway, and therefore we may not reach the merits of his procedurally defaulted claims. See Schlup v. Delo, 513 U.S. 298, 327, 115 S.Ct. 851, 130 L.Ed.2d 808 (1995). The police report describing the complaining witness’s experience at the home of Arturo *755 Zamarripa does not make it “more likely than not that no reasonable juror would have convicted” Petitioner for sexual abuse. Id. Because the jury heard testimony regarding the complaining witness’s grades and his parents’ divorce, the complaining witness’s deposition testimony addressing these issues does not constitute new evidence undermining the complaining witness’s credibility. See id.; Cooper v. Brown, 510 F.3d 870, 884 (9th Cir. 2007). Our analysis of what a “reasonable, properly instructed juror[ ] would do” in light of the new evidence is not altered by the fact that two jurors at Petitioner’s trial voted to acquit. House v. Bell, 547 U.S. 518, 538, 126 S.Ct. 2064, 165 L.Ed.2d 1 (2006).
AFFIRMED.
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