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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DAVID BUCKLEY FENNEN,

Petitioner, No. CIV S-05-1776 GEB GGH P

vs.

A.P. KANE, et al., 

Respondents. ORDER

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Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed an application for a writ of

habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. 

When petitioner filed this action he was incarcerated in state prison. On October

16, 2006, petitioner filed a notice of change of address stating that he has been released on

parole.

A petitioner for habeas corpus relief must name the state officer having custody of

him or her as the respondent to the petition. Stanley v. California Supreme Court, 21 F.3d 359,

360 (9 Cir. 1984). Where the petitioner is on probation or parole, the proper respondent is his th

probation or parole officer and the official in charge of the parole or probation agency or the state

correctional agency. Ortiz-Sandoval v. Gomez, 81 F.3d 891, 894 (9 Cir. 1996). Failure to th

name the petitioner’s custodian as a respondent deprives federal courts of personal jurisdiction. 

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Stanley, 21 F.3d at 360.

Because petitioner is on parole, the proper respondent is his parole officer and the

official in charge of the parole agency or the state correctional agency. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that within ten days of the date of this

order, petitioner shall inform the court of the name of his parole officer and the official in charge

of the parole agency.

DATED: 2/15/07

/s/ Gregory G. Hollows

 

GREGORY G. HOLLOWS

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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