Cates

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROBERT WESLEY COWAN, Case No. 1:19-cv-00745-DAD

Petitioner, DEATH PENALTY CASE

v. ORDER (1) GRANTING PETITIONER’S

UNOPPOSED MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE

RONALD DAVIS, Warden of San Quentin RESPONDENT, and (2) DIRECTING THE State Prison, CLERK OF THE COURT TO SUBSTITUTE THE NAME OF WARDEN BRIAN CATES Respondent. FOR WARDEN RONALD DAVIS AS NAMED RESPONDENT

18 On December 8, 2021, petitioner Robert Wesley Cowan, through appointed counsel Assistant Federal Defenders Jennifer Mann and Alyssa Mack, moved to substitute Brian Cates, the Warden of the California Correctional Institution, as the respondent in this action in place of Ronald Davis, the Warden of San Quentin State Prison. Counsel for petitioner advise that counsel for respondent, Deputy Attorney General Lewis Martinez, has no objection to the motion. The court, having reviewed petitioner’s…