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Parties Involved:
Daniel Renteria
Respondent
John Lee Williams
Petitioner

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOHN LEE WILLIAMS, )

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Petitioner, )

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v. )

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DANIEL RENTERIA, )

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Respondent. )

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1:07-CV-00031 LJO DLB HC 

ORDER GRANTING PETITIONER’S

MOTION TO CHANGE NAME OF

RESPONDENT 

[Doc. #8]

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. 

On January 22, 2007, Petitioner filed a motion to amend the petition. Petitioner requests that

Daniel Renteria, Parole Officer, be substituted as Respondent in this matter. 

A petitioner seeking habeas relief must name the state officer having custody of him as the

respondent to the petition. Rule 2(a) of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases; Ortiz-Sandoval v.

Gomez, 81 F.3d 891, 894 (9 Cir.1996); Stanley v. California Supreme Court, 21 F.3d 359, 360 (9 th th

Cir.1994). Normally, the person having custody of the prisoner is the warden of the prison because

the warden has “day to day control over” the prisoner. Brittingham v. United States, 982. F.2d 378,

279 (9 Cir.1992). Stanley v. California Supreme Court, 21 F.3d 359, 360 (9th Cir. 1994). Where a th

petitioner is on probation or parole, the proper respondent is his probation or parole officer and the

official in charge of the parole or probation agency or state correctional agency. Id. Therefore,

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Petitioner’s request is proper.

Accordingly, Petitioner’s motion for leave to amend the petition to name Daniel Renteria as

Respondent in this matter is GRANTED. The Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to change the name of

Respondent to Daniel Renteria.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: May 1, 2007 /s/ Dennis L. Beck 

3b142a UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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