(HC) Yocom v. Attorney General

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MICHAEL A. YOCOM, Case No. 1:20-cv-00645-DAD-JDP Petitioner, ORDER GRANTING PETITIONER’S

MOTION TO AMEND PETITION

v. ECF No. 11 ATTORNEY GENERAL,

Respondent. 16 Petitioner Michael A. Yocom, a state prisoner without counsel, seeks a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. ECF No. 1. On May 15, 2020, petitioner moved to amend his petition. ECF No. 11. “A habeas petition ‘may be amended or supplemented as provided in the rules of procedure applicable to civil actions.’” Alfaro v. Johnson, 862 F.3d 1176, 1183 (9th Cir. 2017) (quoting 28 U.S.C. § 2242). Because this is petitioner’s first motion to amend and we grant leave to amend once as a matter of course, we grant petitioner’s motion. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(1). The amended petition will supersede the original petition, Lacey v. Maricopa County, 693 F. 3d 896, 907 n.1 (9th Cir. 2012) (en banc), and so the amended petition must be complete on its face without…