(HC) Riego v. Current or Acting Field Office Director, San Francisco Field Office, United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

VENANCIO ESTEBAN RIEGO, Case No. 1:24-cv-01162-SKO-HC

Petitioner, ORDER GRANTING PETITIONER’S

MOTION TO AMEND TO NAME A

v. PROPER RESPONDENT [Doc. 14] MINGA WOFFORD,

ORDER SUBSTITUTING MINGA

Respondent. WOFFORD AS RESPONDENT

16 Petitioner is a non-citizen detainee proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. He filed the instant petition on March 25, 2024. Upon review of the petition, the Court found Petitioner had failed to name a proper respondent. Thus, on October 3, 2024, the Court granted Petitioner leave to amend the respondent to avoid dismissal of the action. (Doc. 12.) On October 24, 2024, Petitioner filed a motion to amend the respondent. (Doc. 14.) DISCUSSION A petitioner seeking habeas corpus relief must name the officer having custody of him as the respondent to the petition. 28 U.S.C. § 2242; Rumsfeld v. Padilla, 542 U.S. 426, 430 (2004); Ortiz-Sandoval v. Gomez,…