Larson v. Uttecht
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5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 9 10 DANIEL KRISTOPHER LARSON, CASE NO. 2:20-CV-01778-MJP-DWC 11 Petitioner, ORDER 12 v.
13 STATE OF WASHINGTON, 14 Respondent.
15 16 Petitioner Daniel Kristopher Larson, who is proceeding pro se, filed a Petition for Writ of 17 Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Dkt. 4. In his Petition, Petitioner named the State 18 of Washington as Respondent. See id. The proper respondent to a habeas petition is the “person 19 who has custody over [the petitioner].” 28 U.S.C. § 2242; see also § 2243; Brittingham v. United 20 States, 982 F.2d 378 (9th Cir. 1992); Dunne v. Henman, 875 F.2d 244, 249 (9th Cir. 1989). 21 According to his Petition, Petitioner is currently confined at Coyote Ridge Corrections Center 22 (“CRCC”) in Connell, Washington. See Dkt. 4. The Superintendent of CRCC is Jeffrey A. 23 Uttecht. 24 1 Accordingly, the Clerk of Court is directed to substitute Jeffrey A. Uttecht as the 2 Respondent in this action. The Clerk of Court is also directed to update the case title. 3 Dated this 12th day of January, 2021. 4 A 5 David W. Christel 6 United States Magistrate Judge 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
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