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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

DARRELL GIBSON,

Petitioner,

v.

KEN CLARK,

Respondent.

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ORDER CHANGING NAMED

RESPONDENT

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 it named Corcoran State

Prison as the 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 November 1, 2007, 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 November 13, 2007, Petitioner filed an amendment to the petition naming Warden Ken Clark

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as the Respondent. 

Accordingly, the Clerk of the Court is DIRECTED to substitute Warden Clark as the

Respondent in this action. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: November 19, 2007 /s/ Dennis L. Beck 

3b142a UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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