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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

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GUILLERMO VERA, Civil No. 10-1940 LAB (BLM)

Petitioner,

ORDER: 

(1) GRANTING APPLICATION TO

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS and 

(2) SUA SPONTE SUBSTITUTING

RESPONDENT

v.

KATHY ALISON, Warden,

Respondent.

Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has submitted a Petition for Writ of Habeas

Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, together with a request to proceed in forma pauperis. 

APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

Petitioner has $0.00 on account at the California correctional institution in which he is

presently confined. Petitioner cannot afford the $5.00 filing fee. Thus, the Court GRANTS

Petitioner’s application to proceed in forma pauperis, and allows Petitioner to prosecute the

above-referenced action as a poor person without being required to prepay fees or costs and

without being required to post security. The Clerk of the Court shall file the Petition for Writ

of Habeas Corpus without prepayment of the filing fee.

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SUBSTITUTION OF RESPONDENT

Petitioner is currentlyconfined at California State Prison, Corcoran, and has namedKathy

Alison, Warden, as Respondent. According to the official California Department of Corrections

and Rehabilitation (“CDCR”) website, Connie Gipson is the Warden of California State Prison,

Corcoran, not Kathy Alison, as named by Petitioner. See Daniels-Hall v. Nat’l Educ. Ass’n.,

629 F.3d 992, 998-99 (9th Cir. 2010) (taking judicial notice of information posted on

government website, the accuracy of which was undisputed). Because the possibility exists that

the Warden of California State Prison, Corcoran has changed since Petitioner submitted his

Petition and the information on the CDCR website reflects that change, and because under a

liberal construction of the petition it appears Petitioner has named the Warden by his or her

official title, and in order to conform with the requirements of Rule 2(a) of the Rules Governing

§ 2254 Cases and avoid changing the Respondent again if Petitioner is transferred to another

prison or paroled, the Court hereby sua sponte ORDERS the substitution of Matthew Cate,

Secretaryof theCaliforniaDepartment ofCorrections and Rehabilitation, as Respondent in place

of “Kathy Alison.” See Ortiz-Sandoval v. Gomez, 81 F.3d 891, 894 (9th Cir. 1996) (stating that

the respondent in § 2254 proceedings may be the chief officer in charge of state penal

institutions); Fed.R.Civ.P.25(d). The Clerk of the Court shall modify the docket to reflect

“Matthew Cate, Secretary” as respondent in place of “Kathy Alison.”

CONCLUSION AND ORDER

In light of the above, the Court GRANTS Petitioner’s request to proceed in forma

pauperis, and sua sponte ORDERS the substitution of “Matthew Cate, Secretary” as Respondent

in place of “Kathy Alison.” 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: August 9, 2012

HONORABLE LARRY ALAN BURNS

United States District Judge

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