(HC) Griffin v. People of the State of California
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DEXTER LAWRENCE GRIFFIN, No. 2:20-cv-0304 KJN P Petitioner, v. ORDER and FINDINGS and
RECOMMENDATIONS
BRANDON PRICE, Respondent. 16 Petitioner is housed at the Coalinga State Hospital, and is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis. By order filed February 18, 2020, petitioner’s application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 was dismissed with leave to amend because petitioner failed to sign his original petition. On March 5, 2020, petitioner filed a 70-page document that included various nonresponsive documents, but also included petitioner’s 27-page typewritten petition (ECF No. 21 at 12-39). Because only his § 2254 petition is responsive to this court’s order, the Clerk of the Court is directed to file and separately docket the petition (ECF No. 21 at 12-39) as petitioner’s amended petition filed March 5, 2020. The court now reviews the amended petition. The exhaustion of state court remedies is…