Godwin

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JORGE MEJIA LOPEZ, Case No. 1:22-cv-00735-SKO-HC

Petitioner, ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO AMEND

TO NAME A PROPER RESPONDENT AND

v. DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO

SUBSTITUTE ROD GODWIN AS

ROD GODWIN, Warden, RESPONDENT

Respondent. [Doc. 7]

16 Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. On June 16, 2022, Petitioner filed a federal petition for writ of habeas corpus. He did not name a respondent. On June 21, 2022, the Court advised Petitioner that he had failed to name a respondent and granted him leave to amend the respondent in order to avoid dismissal of the action. (Doc. 3.) On July 7, 2022, Petitioner filed a motion to amend the petition. (Doc. 5.) Petitioner again did not name a proper respondent, and the Court granted him a second opportunity to amend the petition. (Doc. 6.) On August 3, 2022, Petitioner filed a motion to amend the petition. (Doc. 7.) 25 …