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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 MARCUS A. PRICE, Case No. 22-cv-03577-JSC

Plaintiff,

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

v.

SAN FRANCISCO COURT, Defendant.

Petitioner, a California state inmate, has filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. An application for a federal writ of habeas corpus filed by a prisoner who is in state custody pursuant to a judgment of a state court may not be granted unless the prisoner has first exhausted state judicial remedies, either by way of a direct appeal or in collateral proceedings, by presenting the highest state court available with a fair opportunity to rule on the merits of each and every issue he or she seeks to raise in federal court. See 28 U.S.C. §§ 2254(b),(c); Granberry v. Greer, 481 U.S. 129, 133-34 (1987). The petition states that Petitioner did not file an appeal from his conviction or sentence, nor has he sought review in the California Supreme Court. (ECF No. 1 at 5.) Petitioner also states that the only petition,…