Brown

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOHN LEE HOLT, Case No. 1:97-cv-06210-KES

Petitioner, DEATH PENALTY CASE

v. ORDER (1) GRANTING PETITIONER’S

UNOPPOSED MOTION TO

OAK SMITH, Warden of San Quentin SUBSTITUTE RESPONDENT, and (2) State Prison, DIRECTING THE CLERK OF THE COURT TO SUBSTITUTE THE NAME Respondent. OF WARDEN SIRCOYA M. WILLIAMS FOR WARDEN OAK SMITH AS

NAMED RESPONDENT

18 On December 18, 2024, Petitioner John Lee Holt, through appointed counsel Robert Myers Esq. and the Office of the Federal Defender for the Eastern District of California by Assistant Federal Defenders Harry Simon and Jennifer Mann, moved to substitute Daniel E. Cueva, Warden of the California Medical Facility at Vacaville, as the respondent in this action in place of Oak Smith, Warden of San Quentin State Prison.2

25 1 The Court takes notice that Chance Andes is the Acting Warden at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center…