(HC) Cloud v. Warden of CSP/Los Angeles County
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
JOEL JAMES CLOUD, ) Case No.: 1:20-cv-00904-JLT (HC) ) Petitioner, ) ORDER CONSTRUING ANSWER TO PETITION ) IN PART AS MOTION TO AMEND TO NAME v. ) PROPER RESPONDENT ) WARDEN OF CSP/LOS ANGELES ) ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO AMEND AND
COUNTY,
) DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO CHANGE ) NAME OF RESPONDENT Respondent. ) )
ORDER DENYING PETITIONER’S MOTION TO
) AMEND AS MOOT (Doc. 27) )
On September 21, 2020, Respondent filed an answer in which Respondent notes that the correct respondent in this case is Raybon Johnson, Warden, who has custody of Petitioner at the California State Prison, Los Angeles County. (Doc. 24 at 1, n.1.) The Court will construe this as a motion to amend to name the proper respondent and grant the motion. Because it appears Raybon Johnson, Warden is a proper party (Rule 2(a) of the Rules Governing § 2254 Cases; Ortiz-Sandoval v. Gomez, 81 F.3d…