(HC)Fawcett
(HC)Fawcett v. C. Koenig
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
MARK RANDALL FAWCETT, ) Case No.: 1:19-cv-01250-JLT (HC) ) Petitioner, ) ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO ) CHANGE NAME OF RESPONDENT v. ) ) MERCED COUNTY, ) Respondent. ) ) )
In the Court’s order dismissing petition with leave to file a first amended petition, the Court noted that the Petitioner failed to name the proper respondent. (Doc. 4 at 3.) Petitioner filed a first amended petition on October 11, 2019, in which he names C. Koenig, who is the acting Warden at the Correctional Training Facility in Soledad, California. (Doc. 6 at 1.) Because Warden Koenig is a proper party (Rule 2(a) of the Rules Governing § 2254 Cases; Ortiz-Sandoval v. Gomez, 81 F.3d 891, 894 (9th Cir. 1996); Stanley v. California Supreme Court, 21 F.3d 359, 360 (9th Cir. 1994)), the Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to change the name of the Respondent to Craig Koenig. 24 IT IS SO ORDERED.