(HC) Griffin v. People of the State of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DEXTER L. GRIFFIN, No. 2:20-cv-0304 KJM KJN P Petitioner, v. ORDER BRANDON PRICE, Respondent. 16 Petitioner is housed at the Coalinga State Hospital, and proceeds pro se and in forma pauperis with an application for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge as provided by 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. On March 16, 2020, the magistrate judge filed findings and recommendations, which were served on petitioner and which contained notice to petitioner that any objections to the findings and recommendations were to be filed within fourteen days. Petitioner has not filed objections to the findings and recommendations.

On March 16, 2020, petitioner filed a second amended petition in which he claims to be challenging an August 15, 2020 indefinite commitment order under the Sexually Violent Predator Act, California Welfare & Institutions…