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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DEXTER LAWRENCE GRIFFIN, No. 1:21-cv-01507-DAD-SAB (HC) Petitioner, v. ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

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BRANDON PRICE, PETITION WITHOUT PREJUDICE Respondent. (Doc. Nos. 12, 19) 16 Petitioner Dexter Lawrence Griffin, a civil detainee committed to Coalinga State Hospital, is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with a petition for writ of habeas corpus brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2554. The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) and Local Rule 302. On February 14, 2022, the assigned magistrate judge issued findings and recommendations recommending that the petition be dismissed without prejudice due to petitioner’s failure to exhaust his claims by first presenting them to the highest state court prior to seeking federal habeas relief. (Doc. No. 19.) The magistrate judge also recommended that petitioner’s request that…