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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| James E. Barber - Judge Timothy M. Burgess More Information >>> | Joe Schmidt, MCreary, Corcoran, Shirley Hawkins | Filed: August 08, 2011 Civil Rights §42:1983 jury demanded by Plaintiff |
| James Edward Barber - Judge Timothy M. Burgess More Information >>> | Warren Matthews | Filed: August 08, 2011 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Joseph Kehlenbach - Judge John W. Sedwick More Information >>> | Craig Turnbull, State of Alaska, Department of Corrections | Filed: January 12, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Jonathan Neal Jarnig - Judge Deborah M. Smith More Information >>> | Debra Miller | Filed: June 21, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2241 Petition for Writ jury demanded by Plaintiff |
| John Ian Arthur Bright - Judge Deborah M. Smith More Information >>> | Craig Turnbull | Filed: July 09, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Jason Lee Carlson - Judge Deborah M. Smith More Information >>> | Filed: August 24, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ | |
| James D. Surrells - Judge Deborah M. Smith More Information >>> | State of Alaska | Filed: November 16, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Jonathan Neal Jarnig - Judge Deborah M. Smith More Information >>> | Debra Miller | Filed: March 11, 2008 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2241 Petition for Writ |
| Joesph Harvey - Judge Deborah M. Smith More Information >>> | Bruno Stolc | Filed: June 30, 2008 None §Federal Question jury demanded by 28:2254 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (State) |
| James Simpkin - Judge Deborah M. Smith More Information >>> | Bruno Stolc | Filed: June 30, 2008 None §Federal Question jury demanded by 28:2254 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (State) |
| James Hughes - Judge Deborah M. Smith More Information >>> | Bruno Stolc | Filed: July 23, 2008 None §Federal Question jury demanded by 28:2254 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (State) |
| Jimmy A Lampley - Judge Deborah M. Smith More Information >>> | John (Craig) Turnbull | Filed: February 13, 2009 None §Federal Question jury demanded by 28:2254 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (State) |
| James L. Hall - Judge Deborah M. Smith More Information >>> | Craig Turnbull | Filed: December 17, 2008 None §Federal Question jury demanded by 28:2254 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (State) |
| Jimmy A Lampley - Judge Deborah M. Smith More Information >>> | Joseph D. Schmidt | Filed: June 01, 2009 None §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Jimmy A Lampley - Judge Deborah M. Smith More Information >>> | Joseph D. Schmidt | Filed: June 29, 2009 None §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Jimmy A. Lampley - Judge Deborah M. Smith More Information >>> | Joseph D. Schmidt | Filed: June 29, 2009 None §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Jimmy A Lampley - Judge Deborah M. Smith More Information >>> | Joseph D. Schmidt | Filed: June 29, 2009 None §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Judith C. May - Judge Ralph R. Beistline More Information >>> | Doll 1398, Gertler 1381, Frank Felger, Jason Schmidt, City of Anchorage | Filed: October 02, 2009 None §42:1983 Civil Rights Act |
| John Robert Demos‚ Jr. - Judge Timothy M. Burgess More Information >>> | The United States | Filed: March 08, 2010 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:1651 Petition for Writ |
| James Harmon - Judge Ralph R. Beistline More Information >>> | Joseph Schmidt | Filed: January 18, 2011 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Jonathan Neal Jarnig - Judge Ralph R. Beistline More Information >>> | Debra Miller | Filed: April 25, 2011 General §28:2241 |
| Johnny B. Jenkins - Judge John W. Sedwick More Information >>> | Turnbull | Filed: December 02, 2011 General §28:2254 |
| Jeremy P. Mattson - Judge Ralph R. Beistline More Information >>> | Rebecca Bingham | Filed: May 17, 2012 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Johnny Jenkins - Judge Sharon L. Gleason More Information >>> | Anne Marshall, Coats, Eric A. Aarseth, Boldger, Mannheimer, Allen Goodwin | Filed: June 26, 2012 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Jesse Patrick Lockuk - Judge Deborah M. Smith More Information >>> | Commissioner of Alaska D.O.C., Joe Driver | Filed: August 08, 2012 Motions to Vacate Sentence §28:2254 |
| Jesse Johnson - Judge John D. Roberts More Information >>> | Michael Geraghty, Craig Turnbull | Filed: September 27, 2012 Prisoner: Vacate Sentence §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| John Fogleman - Judge Deborah M. Smith More Information >>> | Robert Hibpshman | Filed: October 11, 2012 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Jim Lampley - Judge John D. Roberts More Information >>> | Joseph D. Schmidt | Filed: November 29, 2012 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Jesse Johnson - Judge Ralph R. Beistline More Information >>> | Joe D. Driver, Timothy Lyden, Tami Anding | Filed: December 10, 2012 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 Prisoner Civil Ri |
| Jonathan Neal Jarnig - Judge Deborah M. Smith More Information >>> | Joseph Driver | Filed: December 19, 2012 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| John Robert Demos - Judge Sharon L. Gleason More Information >>> | The U.S. Attorney General, The U.S. Secretary of Defense, The U.S. Secretary of State | Filed: January 18, 2013 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2241 Petition for Writ |
| Jill Abear - Judge Timothy M. Burgess More Information >>> | Joe Schmidt, Robert Hibpshman | Filed: February 12, 2013 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 Prisoner Civil Ri jury demanded by Defendant |
| Justin Q Smith - Judge Timothy M. Burgess More Information >>> | Boothe, Michelle Morris, Craig Turnbull | Filed: July 16, 2013 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 Prisoner Civil Ri jury demanded by Plaintiff |
| Joe Homer Mark - Judge Deborah M. Smith More Information >>> | Amy Rabeau | Filed: October 24, 2013 General §28:2254 |
| James D. Harmon - Judge Timothy M. Burgess More Information >>> | State of Alaska, Department of Corrections | Filed: November 13, 2013 Civil Rights §42:1983 jury demanded by Plaintiff |
| James Sanderson - Judge Sharon L. Gleason More Information >>> | State of Alaska Dept of Corrections, Joe Schmidt, Michael Boothe, Debbie Miller | Filed: March 20, 2014 Civil Rights §42:1983 jury demanded by Plaintiff |
| Joshua D. Wagner - Judge Sharon L. Gleason More Information >>> | State of Alaska Department of Corrections, Cheryl Vargo | Filed: April 15, 2014 Civil Rights §42:1983 jury demanded by Plaintiff |
| Joe Murl Douglas‚ Jr. - Judge Ralph R. Beistline More Information >>> | Garland Armstrong, Robert Heun, Los Angeles County Sheriff | Filed: September 19, 2014 Prison Condition §42:1983 jury demanded by Plaintiff |
| Jared Joseph Kowalski - Judge Timothy M. Burgess More Information >>> | Jimmie Chynaueth | Filed: September 22, 2014 Civil Rights §42:1983 jury demanded by Plaintiff |
| Jason M. Thompson - Judge Kevin F. McCoy More Information >>> | John Conant | Filed: December 30, 2014 General §28:2254 |
| Jerry Lewis Anthony - Judge Kevin F. McCoy More Information >>> | State of Alaska | Filed: February 19, 2015 General §28:2254 |
| Jody Bart Lyon - Judge Ralph R. Beistline More Information >>> | John Conant | Filed: May 27, 2015 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| John Whitehorse Vann - Judge Sharon L. Gleason More Information >>> | State of Alaska | Filed: July 09, 2015 General §28:2254 |
| Jose Nieves - Judge Ralph R. Beistline More Information >>> | John Conant | Filed: September 15, 2015 General §28:2254 |
| Jonathan Joseph - Judge Timothy M. Burgess More Information >>> | Gacel, Blackburn, McCarty | Filed: December 07, 2015 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Jerry W. Taylor - Judge Timothy M. Burgess More Information >>> | Matt Jenson | Filed: February 12, 2016 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| John Francis - Judge Sharon L. Gleason More Information >>> | State of Alaska | Filed: June 09, 2016 General §28:2241 |
| John Francis Mathis‚ Sr. - Judge Timothy M. Burgess More Information >>> | State of Alaska | Filed: June 27, 2016 General §28:2241 |
| Jeremy Nelson - Judge Ralph R. Beistline More Information >>> | Horten | Filed: March 14, 2017 General §28:2254 |
| John A. Hersh - Judge Timothy M. Burgess More Information >>> | State of Alaska, Attorney General for Alaska | Filed: August 25, 2017 General §28:2254 |
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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