Allison
Johnson v. Allison
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DAVID LEONARD JOHNSON, Case No.: 19cv1673-LAB (KSC)
Petitioner,
ORDER SUA SPONTE
v. SUBSTITUTING RESPONDENT KATHLEEN ALLISON, Secretary, Respondent. 16 On August 30, 2019, Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed a Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, naming Marion Spearman, the Warden of High Desert State Prison in Susanville, California, where Petitioner was confined at the time, as Respondent. (ECF No. 1 at 1.) On October 14, 2021, Petitioner filed a First Amended Petition naming Brian Kibler, the acting Warden of High Desert State Prison at that time, as an additional Respondent. (ECF No. 29 at 1.) On November 12, 2021, Petitioner notified the Court that he had been transferred to the California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility in Corcoran, California. (ECF No. 16.) A writ of habeas corpus acts upon the custodian of the state prisoner. …