Rodgers
Rodgers v. Hill
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MILTON MELVIN RODGERS, Case No.: 24cv0837 JLS (BLM)
Petitioner,
ORDER SUA SPONTE
v. SUBSTITUTING RESPONDENT JEFF MACOMBER, Secretary, Respondent. 16 On May 8, 2024, Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, filed a Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, naming “J. Hill,” the Warden of Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility, where Petitioner was confined at the time, along with “The People of the State of California,” as Respondents. (ECF No. 1 at 1.) On November 4, 2024, Petitioner notified the Court that he had been transferred to the Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison in Corcoran, California. (ECF No. 8.) A writ of habeas corpus acts upon the custodian of the state prisoner. See 28 U.S.C. § 2242; R. 2(a), Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases (2019). Because Petitioner’s place of custody has changed, so has the…