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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 JOSHUA DAVIS BLAND, No. 2:21-cv-0518 DB P Petitioner, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND

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WARDEN, Respondent. 15 Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. On November 2, 2021, the court ordered petitioner to show cause why his petition should not be dismissed for failure to exhaust his state court remedies. (ECF No. 8.) Specifically, petitioner was instructed to inform the court if he had presented the claims in his petition to the California Supreme Court and to provide a copy of any ruling from that court. (Id. at 3.) The court made this order as a result to petitioner’s statement that he did not raise either of the claims in the present petition on appeal. (Id.) On November 19, 2021, petitioner filed a response to the order to show cause. (ECF No. 9.) This response simply states that petitioner exhausted state remedies and…