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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RONNIE M. HUNTER, Case No. 1:19-cv-01678-NONE-SAB-HC

Petitioner, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION

RECOMMENDING DENIAL OF PETITION

v. FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS BRANDON PRICE, Respondent.

16 Petitioner is proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. I. BACKGROUND On July 11, 1997, the District Attorney of Alameda County filed a petition in state court to civilly commit Petitioner as a sexually violent predator (“SVP”) pursuant to California Welfare and Institutions Code (“WIC”) section 6600. (1 Supp. CT1 97–99). That same day, the Alameda County Superior Court found probable cause to believe that Petitioner is a sexually violent predator as defined in WIC section 6600(a)(1), and thus, Petitioner should be detained pending trial. (1 Supp. CT 111). 27 1 “Supp. CT” refers to the Supplemental Clerk’s Transcript on Appeal lodged by Respondent on…