Price
(HC) Griffin v. Price
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
DEXTER LAWRENCE GRIFFIN, ) Case No.: 1:21-cv-01516-JLT (HC) ) Petitioner, ) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY PETITION ) SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED FOR FAILURE v. ) TO EXHAUST STATE REMEDIES ) BRANDON PRICE, Warden, ) [THIRTY-DAY DEADLINE]
Respondent. ) ) )
On September 29, 2021, Petitioner filed the instant petition for writ of habeas corpus in United States District Court for the Northern District of California. (Doc. 1.) The Northern District transferred the petition to this Court on October 8, 2021. (Doc. 4.) The petition appears to be unexhausted; therefore, Petitioner will be ordered to show cause why it should not be dismissed without prejudice. I. DISCUSSION A. Preliminary Review of Petition Rule 4 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases requires the Court to make a preliminary review of each petition for writ of habeas corpus. The Court must summarily dismiss a petition “[i]f…