Opinion
No. 2:10-cv-00026-JAM-EFB
01-09-2012
MICHAEL ROBERT COFFIN, Petitioner, v. MATTHEW CATE, Secretary of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Respondent.
DANIEL J. BRODERICK, #89424 Federal Defender CAROLYN M. WIGGIN, Bar #182732 Assistant Federal Defender Attorney for Petitioner
DANIEL J. BRODERICK, #89424
Federal Defender
CAROLYN M. WIGGIN, Bar #182732
Assistant Federal Defender
Attorney for Petitioner
ORDER
Pursuant to Rule 25(d) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Petitioner Michael Robert Coffin asks that the Court order substitution of the respondent. Currently Michael Evans, who was the warden of Folsom State Prison when Mr. Coffin filed his petition, is named as the respondent. Mr. Coffin has been transferred out-of-state to serve his California state sentence at the Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility in Tutwiler, Mississippi. Warden Michael Evans no longer has custody of Mr. Coffin and thus it is appropriate to substitute in Matthew Cate, Secretary of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, as the respondent.
On January 6, 2012, counsel for Respondent informed counsel for Petitioner that Respondent does not oppose this request.
Respectfully submitted,
DANIEL J. BRODERICK
Federal Defender
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CAROLYN M. WIGGIN
Assistant Federal Defender
Attorney for Petitioner
Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 25(d), the Clerk of the Court is directed to substitute in Matthew Cate, Secretary of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, as the respondent.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
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EDMUND F. BRENNAN
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE