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ORTIZ-SANDOVAL v. GOMEZ

No. 94-16337.

81 F.3d 891 (1996)

Jose ORTIZ-SANDOVAL, Petitioner-Appellant, v. James GOMEZ, Director of Corrections for the State of California, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided April 17, 1996.

As Amended May 8, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jose Ortiz-Sandoval, pro se, Vacaville, California, and Jeffrey L. Bleich, Munger, Tolles & Olson, San Francisco, California, for petitioner-appellant.

Sharon G. Birenbaum, Deputy Attorney General, San Francisco, California, for respondent-appellee.

Before: BEEZER and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges, and QUACKENBUSH, District Judge.

OPINION

BEEZER, Circuit Judge:

Jose Ortiz-Sandoval appeals the district court's denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus. We address the question whether his naming of the California Director of Corrections rather than the warden of the prison where he is incarcerated destroys personal jurisdiction. We hold that the naming of the Director of Corrections does not destroy personal jurisdiction. On the merits, we affirm in part and remand in part.<...

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