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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

JOHNNY N. NIXON,

Petitioner,

v.

STU SHERMAN, Warden, 

Respondent.

Case No. 1:14-cv-00525-SAB-HC

ORDER GRANTING PETITIONER’S 

MOTION TO AMEND TO NAME A 

PROPER RESPONDENT

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT 

TO CHANGE NAME OF RESPONDENT

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

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He has consented to the jurisdiction of the Magistrate Judge 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c).

On May 22, 2014, after conducting a preliminary review of the petition, the Court 

granted Petitioner leave to amend the petition to name a proper respondent. On June 6, 2014, 

Petitioner filed a motion to amend the petition to name Stu Sherman, who is the Warden at his 

institution, as Respondent. A petitioner seeking habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 

must name the state officer having custody of him as the respondent to the petition. Rule 2 (a) of 

the Rules Governing § 2254 Cases; Ortiz-Sandoval v. Gomez, 81 F.3d 891, 894 (9th Cir. 1996); 

Stanley v. California Supreme Court, 21 F.3d 359, 360 (9th Cir. 1994). 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. 

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United States, 982 F.2d 378, 379 (9th Cir. 1992); see also Stanley, 21 F.3d at 360. Accordingly, 

Petitioner has named the appropriate respondent and his motion will be granted.

ORDER

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:

1) Petitioner’s motion to amend the petition to name a proper respondent is GRANTED; 

and

2) The Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to change the name of Respondent to Stu Sherman.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 9, 2014 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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