(DP) Whalen v. Warden of San Quentin

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5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10

11 DANIEL LEE WHALEN, Case No. 1:14-cv-01865-JLT

12 Petitioner, DEATH PENALTY CASE

13 v. ORDER (1) GRANTING PETITIONER’S

UNOPPOSED MOTION TO

14 RON BLOOMFIELD, Warden of the SUBSTITUTE RESPONDENT, and (2) California State Prison at San Quentin, DIRECTING THE CLERK OF THE 15 COURT TO SUBSTITUTE THE NAME Respondent. OF WARDEN JENNIFER BENAVIDEZ 16 FOR WARDEN RON BLOOMFIELD AS

NAMED RESPONDENT

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18 19 On November 4, 2022, Petitioner Daniel Lee Whalen, through appointed counsel 20 Assistant Federal Defenders Jennifer Mann and Brian Abbington, moved to substitute Jennifer 21 Benavidez, the Warden of the California Medical Facility, as the Respondent in this action in 22 place of Ron Bloomfield, the Warden of the California State Prison at San Quentin. 23 Counsel for Petitioner advise that counsel for Respondent, Deputy Attorney General 24 Catherine Tennant Nieto, has no objection to the motion. 25 …