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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DEXTER LAWRENCE GRIFFIN, ) Case No.: 1:21-cv-01516-JLT (HC) ) Petitioner, ) ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO ) ASSIGN DISTRICT JUDGE v. ) ) FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO BRANDON PRICE, Warden, ) DISMISS UNEXHAUSTED PETITION WITHOUT

Respondent. ) PREJUDICE ) ) [TWENTY-ONE DAY OBJECTION DEADLINE]

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.) On October 25, 2021, the Court issued an order to show cause why the petition should not be dismissed for failure to exhaust state remedies. (Doc. 10.) On November 18, 2021, Petitioner filed a response to the order to show cause, however, failed to indicate that he has presented his claim for federal relief to the highest state court. (See Doc. 10.)…