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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2254 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (State)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LEONARD P. SIMENTAL,

Petitioner,

v.

F. GONZALEZ, Warden

Respondent.

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1:09-cv-02077-DLB (HC)

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO

CHANGE NAME OF RESPONDENT

[Doc. 8]

Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. 

When the petition was initially filed, Petitioner failed to name a Respondent. A petitioner

filing a petition for writ of habeas corpus must name the state officer who has custody of the

petitioner as the respondent. Rule 2 (a) of the Rules Governing § 2254 cases; Ortiz-Sandoval v.

Gomez, 81 F.3d 891, 894 (9th Cir. 1996). Normally, the person having custody of an

incarcerated petitioner is the warden of the prison in which the petitioner is incarcerated because

the warden has "day-to-day control over" the petitioner. Brittingham v. United States, 982 F.2d

378, 379 (9th Cir. 1992); see also Stanley v. California Supreme Court, 21 F.3d 359, 360 (9th

Cir. 1994). 

On April 20, 2010, the Court issued an order to show cause why the petition should not

be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction in that Petitioner had not named a proper Respondent. On

May 14, 2010, Petitioner filed a notice naming Warden Gonzalez as the Respondent. 

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Accordingly, the Clerk of the Court is DIRECTED to substitute Warden F. Gonzalez as

the Respondent in this action. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: May 20, 2010 /s/ Dennis L. Beck 

3b142a UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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