Jones

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOSEPH BONDERER, No. 2:20-cv-0415 DAD AC Petitioner, v. ORDER AND GENA JONES, Warden, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Respondent.1 16 Petitioner is a California state prisoner proceeding pro se with an application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The action proceeds on the petition challenging petitioner’s 2016 conviction for kidnaping for purpose of rape and related offenses. ECF No. 1. Respondent has answered, ECF No. 16, and petitioner has filed a traverse, ECF No. 21. Claims Three through Five have been dismissed on petitioner’s motion, and the case proceeds on Claims One and Two only. ECF Nos. 18, 20. //// ////

A federal petition for writ of habeas corpus must name as respondent the state officer having custody of the petitioner. See 28 U.S.C. § 2254; Rule 2(a) of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases in the United States District Courts; Smith v. Idaho, 392 F.3d 350,…