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Parties Involved:
Karl Lynn Brazell
Petitioner
James A. Yates
Respondent

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KARL LYNN BRAZELL,

Petitioner,

v.

JAMES A. YATES, Warden

Respondent.

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1:10-cv-01075-SMS (HC)

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO

CHANGE NAME OF RESPONDENT

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

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. 

At the time the petition was initially filed, Petitioner failed to name a 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; OrtizSandoval 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 July 13, 2010, 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

August 11, 2010, Petitioner filed a notice naming Warden Yates as the Respondent. 

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

Respondent in this action. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 16, 2010 /s/ Sandra M. Snyder 

icido3 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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