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Parties Involved:
Jeff Macomber
Respondent
Bernard L. Wildee
Petitioner

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

BERNARD L. WILDEE, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

JEFF MACOMBER,1

Respondent. 

No. 2:16-cv-1825 TLN GGH P 

ORDER 

 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed an application for a writ of habeas 

corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He has now submitted his application for leave to proceed 

in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915 on the form used by this district.2

 

Examination of the in forma pauperis application reveals that petitioner is unable to afford 

the costs of suit. Accordingly, the application to proceed in forma pauperis will be granted. See 

28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). 

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 The State of California was previously named as the respondent. Jeff Macomber is currently 

the warden of California State Prison, Sacramento, where petitioner is incarcerated. “A petitioner 

for habeas corpus relief must name the state officer having custody of him or her as the 

respondent to the petition.” Stanley v. California Supreme Court, 21 F.3d 359, 360 (9th Cir.1994) 

(citing Rule 2(a), 28 U.S.C. foll. § 2254). Accordingly, the court substitutes Jeff Macomber as 

respondent. 

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 Petitioner’s initial motion to proceed in forma pauperis was not signed by the authorized officer 

and is therefore incomplete. (See ECF No. 9.) 

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In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

1. Petitioner’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis, filed September 13, 2016 (ECF No. 

9), is denied as incomplete. 

2. Petitioner’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis, filed September 15, 2016 (ECF No. 

12), is granted; 

3. The Clerk shall substitute Jeff Macomber as the respondent in this case. 

Dated: September 28, 2016 

 /s/ Gregory G. Hollows 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

 

GGH:076/Wild1825.ifp 

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