Alaska residents are subject to Alaska state and U.S. federal laws. Federal laws apply in Alaska, as they do across all 50 states. In addition to the U.S. Constitution, which is the supreme law of the U.S., federal laws include statutes that are periodically codified in the U.S. Code.
Alaska Prisoner Petitions Cases
Civil Rights, General, Mandamus and Other, Motions to Vacate Sentence, Prison Condition,
Prisoner Petitions: Civil Detainee: Conditions of Confinement.
Persons in prison, like other individuals, have the right to petition the government for redress of grievances.
Browse through the petitions on the site and review the issues.
How do you search out why someone is in Jail or Prison?
You can contact the Clerk of the Court to get the transcripts of the case and the sentencing where they were adjudicated or USE SEARCH FORM below
Prisoner Petitions – Alaska (AK) Inmate List
Petition Search from November 22, 2004 to March 29, 2024
A(42 rec) B(38 rec) C(33 rec) D(57 rec) E(24 rec) F(16 rec) G(22 rec) H(5 rec) I(3 rec) J(101 rec) K(39 rec) L(55 rec) M(43 rec) N(8 rec) O(1 rec) P(41 rec) Q(1 rec) R(59 rec) S(63 rec) T(47 rec) U(264 rec) V(5 rec) W(17 rec) Y(1 rec) Z(4 rec)| Plaintiff/ Respondent Name | Petitioner/ Defendant Name | Filed, Nature of Suit, Judge |
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| Fred A. Baker - Judge Deborah M. Smith More Information >>> | Donna White | Filed: June 17, 2009 None §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Fred A. Baker - Judge Deborah M. Smith More Information >>> | Joe Schmidt | Filed: June 17, 2009 None §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Frank Jerome Olson - Judge Deborah M. Smith More Information >>> | Debbie Miller | Filed: February 28, 2011 General §28:2254 |
| Francis P. Xavier - Judge Deborah M. Smith More Information >>> | Craig Turnbull | Filed: September 18, 2012 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Francis P. Xavier - Judge Deborah M. Smith More Information >>> | Craig Turnbull | Filed: December 03, 2012 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Forrest J. Ahvakana - Judge Deborah M. Smith More Information >>> | Craig Turnbull | Filed: January 14, 2013 Prisoner: Vacate Sentence §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Fred Esguerra - Judge John D. Roberts More Information >>> | Joseph Schmidt | Filed: May 24, 2013 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Frank Marshall - Judge Deborah M. Smith More Information >>> | John Conant | Filed: December 08, 2014 General §28:2254 |
| Franswa A. Henry - Judge Timothy M. Burgess More Information >>> | Bobby J. Itta, Dean Leonard, John E. McCrary | Filed: May 09, 2016 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Frederick Banks - Judge Timothy M. Burgess More Information >>> | United States District Court for the Western of District Pennsylvania, Central Intelligence Agency, Mark R. Hornak, Lly, Sean Langford, Adrian Roe, Soo Song, Robert Cessar, Mike Pompeo, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Robert Werner, Perez, Scott Smith | Filed: July 17, 2017 Mandamus and Other §No cause code entered |
| Floyd E. Harshman - Judge Timothy M Burgess More Information >>> | Ralph R. Beistline, Marci Lundgren | Filed: July 23, 2018 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Frank Byron Yarra‚ Jr. - Judge Sharon L. Gleason More Information >>> | The City of Fairbanks, Ak., Robert Johnson, Z. Sherman, Fairbanks Police Department | Filed: January 09, 2014 Civil Rights §28:1441 |
| Francis P. Xavier - Judge Ralph R. Beistline More Information >>> | State of Alaska | Filed: March 21, 2016 General §28:2254 |
| Francis Azzarella - Judge Timothy M Burgess More Information >>> | His Public Defender | Filed: October 01, 2020 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Frank Edward Nelson - Judge Timothy M Burgess More Information >>> | Isadore David, Willis Small, Phillip Charlie, Edward J. Anderson | Filed: November 04, 2020 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 |
Alaska Prisoner Finder.
For most of U.S. history, the treatment of prisoners was left entirely to the discretion of prison administrators. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the federal courts began to oversee state prison systems and develop a body of law dealing with prisoners’ rights. During the 1980s, however, a more conservative Supreme Court limited prisoners’ rights, and, in the 1990s, Congress enacted laws that severely restricted litigation and post-conviction appeals by prisoners.
Two statutes enacted during the 104th Congress have had a significant effect on the federal court’s treatment of prisoners who seek to bring claims against prison officials. Congress passed the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) of 1995, Pub. L. 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321, to place restrictions on the ability of federal courts when they consider claims by prisoners. The Antiterrorist and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, Pub. L. 104-132, 110 Stat. 1214, reformed the system of habeas corpus review in federal court. Although prisoners continue to bring lawsuits in federal court, these statutes have made it more difficult for prisoners to make successful claims.
Source: encyclopedia.com/law/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/prisoners-rights
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