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Parties Involved:
Dave Davey
Respondent
Vasilis Sakellaridis
Petitioner

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

VASILIS SAKELLARIDIS,

Petitioner,

v.

DAVE DAVEY, Warden, 

Respondent.

Case No. 1:14-cv-01527-LJO-GSA HC

ORDER GRANTING PETITIONER’S 

MOTION TO AMEND TO NAME A 

PROPER RESPONDENT

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT 

TO SUBSTITUTE RESPONDENT

(ECF No. 8)

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

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. 

On October 16, 2014, after conducting a preliminary review of the petition, the Court 

determined that Petitioner had failed to name a proper respondent. The Court granted Petitioner 

leave to file a motion to amend the petition in order to name a proper respondent. On October 

27, 2014, Petitioner filed a motion to amend the petition to name Dave Davey, the warden of 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. Therefore, 

Petitioner’s motion is proper and will be granted.

ORDER

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:

1) Petitioner’s motion to amend the petition is GRANTED; and

2) The Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to substitute Dave Davey as Respondent in this 

matter.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 29, 2014 /s/ Gary S. Austin 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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