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Nature of Suit Code: 535
Nature of Suit: Habeas Corpus - Death Penalty
Cause of Action: 28:2254 Ptn for Writ of H/C - Stay of Execution

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HEATHER E. WILLIAMS, State Bar No. 122664 

Federal Defender 

LISSA J. GARDNER, New Mexico State Bar No. 9429 

Assistant Federal Defender 

801 I Street, 3rd Floor 

Sacramento, California 95814 

Telephone: (916) 498-6666 

Facsimile: (916) 498-6656 

E-mail: Lissa_Gardner@fd.org 

Attorneys for Petitioner 

ANTONIO ESPINOZA 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ANTONIO ESPINOZA, 

Petitioner, 

 vs. 

RON BROOMFIELD, Warden of the California 

State Prison at San Quentin, 

Respondent. 

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Case No. 2:94-cv-1665 KJM SCR P 

ORDER GRANTING PETITIONER’S 

UNOPPOSED MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE 

RESPONDENT 

Before the Court is a motion brought by petitioner Antonio Espinoza through counsel, 

Assistant Federal Defender Lissa J. Gardner, to substitute Daniel E. Cueva, the Warden of the 

California Medical Facility (CMF) Vacaville, as respondent in place of Ron Broomfield, the 

Warden of San Quentin State Prison. Mr. Espinoza’s counsel avers that the California 

Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation transferred petitioner from the custody of Warden 

Broomfield to the custody of Warden Cueva at CMF Vacaville. 

 Petitioner’s counsel represents that Respondent’s counsel, Deputy Attorney General Sean 

McCoy, does not oppose the motion to substitute the respondent. 

 The Court finds good cause to grant Petitioner’s motion. Accordingly, pursuant to 28 

U.S.C. § 2242, Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 25, and Rule 2(a), Rules Governing Section 2254 

Cases in the United States District Courts, Daniel E. Cueva, Warden at the California Medical 

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Facility at Vacaville is substituted as respondent for Ron Broomfield, Warden at San Quentin 

State Prison. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: December 19, 2024 

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