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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LAMONT J. HOWARD, ) Case No.: 1:20-cv-00933-JLT (HC) ) Petitioner, ) ORDER CONSTRUING RESPONSE TO ORDER ) TO SHOW CAUSE IN PART AS MOTION TO v. ) AMEND TO NAME PROPER RESPONDENT ) SUPERIOR COURT METROPOLITAN ) ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO AMEND AND

DIVISION OF COUNTY OF KERN,

Respondent. ) DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO CHANGE ) NAME OF RESPONDENT )

On July 13, 2020, the Court dismissed the petition with leave to amend for failure to name a proper respondent. (Doc. 6.) The Court also issued an order to show cause why the petition should not be dismissed for failure to exhaust state remedies. (Doc. 5.) On July 27, 2020, Petitioner filed a response to the order to show cause, in which Petitioner requests to amend the Respondent to Warden Sullivan. (Doc. 8.) The Court will construe this as a motion to amend to name the proper respondent and grant the motion. It appears the current warden is Warden…