Price

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DEXTER LAWRENCE GRIFFIN, Case No. 1:21-cv-01507-SAB-HC

Petitioner, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY

PETITION SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED

v. FOR FAILURE TO EXHAUST STATE

REMEDIES

BRANDON PRICE,

Respondent.

16 Petitioner, who is civilly committed to Coalinga State Hospital, is proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. I. DISCUSSION On September 30, 2021, Petitioner filed the instant petition for writ of habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. (ECF No. 1). On October 8, 2021, the petition was transferred to this Court. (ECF No. 3). Petitioner appears to challenge an August 15, 2008 Sacramento County Superior Court determination that Petitioner is a “sexually violent predator” (“SVP”) within the meaning of California Welfare and Institutions Code § 6600, et seq. (ECF No. 1 at 1, 6).1 /// Rule…