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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DEXTER LAWRENCE GRIFFIN, No. 2:20-cv-0796 DB P Petitioner, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND

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BRANDON PRICE, Respondent. 16 Petitioner is housed at Coalinga State Hospital. He is proceeding pro se with a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner challenges his conviction imposed by the Sacramento County Superior Court on August 15, 2008. Before the court is petitioner’s habeas corpus petition for screening and petitioner’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis. For the reasons set forth below, this court will grant the motion to proceed in forma pauperis and recommend the petition be dismissed. Plaintiff has submitted a declaration that makes the showing required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). Accordingly, the request to proceed in forma pauperis will be granted. The exhaustion of state court remedies is a prerequisite to granting a petition for writ of habeas corpus. 28 U.S.C. §…