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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 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

BENJAMIN T. CARIDAD, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

HARRY OREOL,1

Respondent. 

No. 2:14-cv-1847 KJM AC P 

ORDER 

 By order filed June 3, 2015, respondent was accorded the opportunity to request that the 

court vacate the pending motion to dismiss in this action with leave to file an amended motion. 

See ECF No. 44. Respondent timely responded and requests that the court deny the motion to 

dismiss without prejudice to the filing of an amended motion or an answer to petitioner’s 

amended petition. Respondent requests a sixty-day period within which to file and serve a new 

responsive pleading. 

 Accordingly, for good cause shown, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

 1. The pending motion to dismiss, ECF No. 40, is denied without prejudice. 

 

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 Harry Oreol is Executive Director at Patton State Hospital, where plaintiff is detained. A 

federal petition for writ of habeas corpus must name as respondent the state officer having 

custody of petitioner. See 28 U.S.C. § 2254; Rule 2(a), Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases in 

the U.S. District Courts; Smith v. Idaho, 392 F.3d 350, 354-55 (9th Cir. 2004); Stanley v. 

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

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 2. Respondent is directed to file a response to petitioner’s habeas petition within sixty 

days after the filing date of this order. See Rule 4, 28 U.S.C. foll. § 2254. An answer shall be 

accompanied by all transcripts and other documents relevant to the issues presented in the 

petition. See Rule 5, 28 U.S.C. foll. § 2254; 

 3. If the response to the habeas petition is an answer, petitioner’s reply, if any, shall be 

filed and served within thirty days after service of the answer; 

 4. If the response to the habeas petition is a motion, petitioner’s opposition or statement 

of non-opposition to the motion shall be filed and served within thirty days after service of the 

motion, and respondent’s reply, if any, shall be filed and served within fourteen days thereafter. 

 SO ORDERED. 

DATED: June 11, 2015 

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