Price

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DEXTER LAWRENCE GRIFFIN, No. 1:21-cv-01516-DAD-BAK (EPG) (HC)

Petitioner, ORDER DENYING PETITIONER’S

MOTIONS

v. (ECF Nos. 20, 22, 23) BRANDON PRICE, Respondent.

14 Petitioner Dexter Lawrence Griffin, 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. On December 7, 2021, the assigned magistrate judge issued findings and recommendations to dismiss the petition without prejudice for failure to exhaust state judicial remedies. (ECF No. 14). Before the Court are Petitioner’s motions to compel discovery and requests for sanctions and subpoenas. (ECF Nos. 20, 22, 23). Although discovery is available pursuant to Rule 6 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases in the United States District Courts (“Habeas Rules”), it is only granted at the Court’s discretion, and upon a showing of good cause. Bracy v. Gramley, 520 U.S. 899, 904 (1997) (“A habeas petitioner . . . is not entitled to discovery as a…