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Parties Involved:
Qasim Shane Fells
Petitioner
A. Matevousian
Respondent
United States of America
Respondent

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

QASIM SHANE FELLS,

Petitioner,

v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Respondent.

No. 1:15-cv-00552-SKO HC

 ORDER DIRECTING CLERK 

 OF COURT TO AMEND CAPTION

Petitioner Qasim Shane Fells is a federal prisoner proceeding pro se with an amended 

petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (Doc. 9). A petitioner seeking 

habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 must name the officer having custody of him as the 

respondent to the petition. See Rules 1 and 2(a) of the Rules Governing § 2254 Cases; OrtizSandoval v. Gomez, 81 F.3d 891, 894 (9th Cir. 1996); Stanley v. California Supreme Court, 21 

F.3d 359, 360 (9th Cir. 1994). Although Petitioner originally named the United States of America 

as the respondent, he corrected the error by naming A. Matevousian, the Warden of the U.S. 

Penitentiary, Atwater, California, as Respondent in the amended petition filed June 25, 2015, as 

Document 9. The corrected caption was not amended on the Court’s records, however.

Accordingly, the Clerk of Court is hereby DIRECTED to amend the caption on the aboveentitled case to name A. Matevousian, Warden, U.S. Penitentiary, Atwater, California, as 

Respondent.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 1, 2016 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto .

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

Case 1:15-cv-00552-SKO Document 23 Filed 11/02/16 Page 1 of 1