Valdez
Valdez v. Diaz
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOSE LUIS VALDEZ, Case No.: 18cv0734 LAB (BGS)
Petitioner,
ORDER SUA SPONTE
v. SUBSTITUTING RESPONDENT RALPH DIAZ, Secretary, et al., Respondents. 16 On April 13, 2018, Petitioner filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (ECF No. 1.) At the time of filing, Petitioner was apparently housed at Centinela State Prison and thus named Raymond Madden, Warden, as Respondent. Based on the notice of change of address Petitioner submitted to the Court on February 7, 2020, it appears Petitioner is no longer housed at Centinela State Prison; rather, it appears he is presently incarcerated at Chuckawlla Valley State Prison in Blythe, California. A writ of habeas corpus acts upon the custodian of the state prisoner. See 28 U.S.C. § 2242; Rule 2(a), 28 U.S.C. foll. § 2254. Because Petitioner’s place of custody has changed, so has his custodian. Accordingly, in order to…