(HC)Ponce
(HC)Ponce v. State of California
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TONY E. PONCE, No. 1:21-cv-01727-DAD-HBK Petitioner, ORDER GRANTING PETITIONER’S
MOTION TO AMEND PETITION
v.
CLERK TO CORRECT NAMED
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, RESPONDENT Respondent. (Doc. No. 9) TWENTY-ONE DAY DEADLINE 17 Before the Court is Petitioner’s motion to amend his petition. (Doc. No. 9). Petitioner seeks to amend his Petition to name Warden Christian Pfeiffer as the correct named Respondent. (Id.). On December 6, 2021, Petitioner filed an unsigned handwritten petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 which also named an incorrect respondent. (Doc. No. 1). On January 21, 2022, the Court sua sponte granted Petitioner leave to (1) amend the respondent; and (2) submit a document stating that he submitted the original Petition and sign it under penalty of perjury. (Doc. No. 7). The Court included a blank petition for writ of habeas corpus labeled “Amended…