Reid v. Uttecht

Opinion

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5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 9 10 ANTHONY DAVID REID, CASE NO. 3:20-CV-5091-RBL-DWC 11 Petitioner, ORDER 12 v.

13 STATE OF WASHINGTON, 14 Respondent.

15 16 Petitioner Anthony David Reid, who is proceeding pro se, filed an Amended Petition for 17 Writ of Habeas Corpus (the “Petition”) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Dkt. 9. In his Petition, 18 Petitioner named the State of Washington as Respondent. See id. The proper respondent to a 19 habeas petition is the “person who has custody over [the petitioner].” 28 U.S.C. § 2242; see also 20 § 2243; Brittingham v. United States, 982 F.2d 378 (9th Cir. 1992); Dunne v. Henman, 875 F.2d 21 244, 249 (9th Cir. 1989). According to his Petition, Petitioner is currently confined at Coyote 22 Ridge Corrections Center (“CRCC”) in Connell, Washington. See Dkt. 9. The Superintendent of 23 CRCC is Jeffrey A. 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 10th day of April, 2020. 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