Source: https://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/california/casdce/3:2016cv02430/514295/37
Timestamp: 2018-07-18 09:22:06
Document Index: 163126157

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 2254', '§ 2254', '§ 2242', '§ 2254', '§ 2254', '§ 2254']

ORDER Sua Sponte Substituting Respondent for Walker v. Arnold :: Justia Dockets & Filings
Justia Dockets & Filings Ninth Circuit California California Southern District Court Walker v. Arnold Filing 37
Walker v. Arnold
ORDER Sua Sponte Substituting Respondent. In order to conform with the requirements of Rule 2(a) of the Rules Governing § 2254 Cases and to avoidchanging the Respondent again if Petitioner is transferred to another prison or paroled, the Court hereby sua sponte orders the substitution of Scott Kernan, Secretary of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, as Respondent in place of "Eric Arnold." Signed by Magistrate Judge Barbara Lynn Major on 11/6/2017. (Scott Kernan added as respondent. Eric Arnold (Warden) terminated)(All non-registered users served via U.S. Mail Service)(lrf)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 Case No.: 16-2430 LAB (BLM) CEDRIC E. WALKER, Petitioner, 12 13 v. 14 ORDER SUA SPONTE SUBSTITUTING RESPONDENT SCOTT KERNAN, Secretary, 15 Respondent. 16 17 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, had filed a Petition for Writ of 18 Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. On October 17, 2016, Petitioner submitted 19 a document entitled “Notice to Court of Correct Address.” (ECF No. 8.) Petitioner 20 advises the Court is currently housed at California State Prison, Solano. 21 A writ of habeas corpus acts upon the custodian of the state prisoner. See 28 22 U.S.C. § 2242; Rule 2(a), 28 U.S.C. foll. § 2254. Accordingly, in order to conform with 23 the requirements of Rule 2(a) of the Rules Governing § 2254 Cases and to avoid 24 changing the Respondent again if Petitioner is transferred to another prison or paroled, 25 the Court hereby sua sponte ORDERS the substitution of Scott Kernan, Secretary of the 26 California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, as Respondent in place of “Eric 27 Arnold.” See Ortiz-Sandoval v. Gomez, 81 F.3d 891, 894 (9th Cir. 1996) (stating that the 28 1 16-2430 LAB (BLM) 1 respondent in § 2254 proceedings may be the chief officer in charge of state penal 2 institutions). 3 4 5 6 The Clerk of the Court will modify the docket to reflect “Scott Kernan, Secretary” as respondent in place of “Eric Arnold.” IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: 11/6/2017 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2 16-2430 LAB (BLM)