Covello
(HC) Snow v. Covello
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 BRUCE WILLIAM SNOW, No. 2:17-cv-0928 JAM DB P Petitioner, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS
TIM PEREZ, WARDEN,1 Respondent. 15 Petitioner, formerly a state prisoner2 proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, has filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (ECF No. 1). The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. //// 21 Counsel for respondent notes in the motion to dismiss that the current warden of Mule Creek 22 State Prison where petitioner was housed is Patrick Covello. (See ECF No. 16 at 1 n.1). Accordingly, the court will direct the Clerk of Court to substitute Warden Tim Perez’s name with that of Warden Patrick Covello’s in the case caption on the docket. See Brittingham v. United States, 982 F.2d 378, 379 (9th Cir. 1992) (citation omitted) (stating proper respondent in federal habeas corpus petition is…