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Case 2:22-cv-08544-JLS-SK Document Filed 12/08/ Page 1 of Page ID #:

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CIVIL MINUTES – GENERAL

Case No. 2:22-cv-8544-JLS (SK) Date: December 8, 2022 Title Henry C. Lawag v. Warden

Present: The Honorable: Steve Kim, United States Magistrate Judge

Connie Chung n/a Deputy Clerk Court Reporter / Recorder

Attorneys Present for Petitioner: Attorneys Present for Respondent:

None present None present

Proceedings: (IN CHAMBERS) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

Petitioner is an inmate at Valley State Prison seeking federal habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 for a conviction sustained in a Santa Barbara County Superior Court. (ECF 1 at 1). But his petition is deficient for at least four reasons.

First, Petitioner does not name a respondent. (For clerical processing only, the Clerk’s office used “Warden” as a placeholder respondent.) The proper respondent is whoever has custody over the petitioner, usually the warden of the facility where the petitioner is incarcerated. See Smith v. Idaho, 392…