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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| Steven J. Basurto - Judge John D. Roberts More Information >>> | Frank Luna | Filed: January 05, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Sean Wright - Judge Timothy M. Burgess More Information >>> | State of Alaska Superior Court System, Phillip Volland | Filed: June 27, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2241 Petition for Writ |
| Sean Wright - Judge Deborah M. Smith More Information >>> | State of Alaska Superior Court System, Phillip Volland | Filed: November 26, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2241 Petition for Writ |
| Stephen Kibbee‚ II - Judge Deborah M. Smith More Information >>> | Bruno Stolc | Filed: June 13, 2008 None §Federal Question jury demanded by 28:2254 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (State) |
| Stephen Harmon - Judge Deborah M. Smith More Information >>> | Bruno Stolc | Filed: June 13, 2008 None §Federal Question jury demanded by 28:2254 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (State) |
| Steve Bachmeier - Judge John W. Sedwick More Information >>> | David Cleveland | Filed: April 09, 2009 None §Federal Question jury demanded by 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights |
| Sidney R. Hertz - Judge Deborah M. Smith More Information >>> | Craig Turnbull | Filed: August 13, 2009 None §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Seyran Andreasyan - Judge Deborah M. Smith More Information >>> | Turnbull | Filed: December 11, 2009 None §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Siegfried Pedersen - Judge Timothy M. Burgess More Information >>> | Mat-Su Pretrial Facility | Filed: May 27, 2010 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Stephen J. Borozny - Judge Ralph R. Beistline More Information >>> | Debbie Miller, Medical Personnel, Joe Schmidt | Filed: September 09, 2010 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Steven Cleveland - Judge James K. Singleton More Information >>> | Joe Driver | Filed: August 24, 2011 General §28:2254 |
| Sabil M. Mujahid - Judge Ralph R. Beistline More Information >>> | Debbie Miller | Filed: February 21, 2012 Civil Rights §28:1983 jury demanded by Plaintiff |
| Suzette M. Welton - Judge Deborah M. Smith More Information >>> | Dean Marshall | Filed: June 26, 2012 General §28:2254 |
| Stephen Harmon - Judge Sharon L. Gleason More Information >>> | Craig Turnbull | Filed: August 27, 2012 Motions to Vacate Sentence §28:2241 |
| Saul A. Lockuk - Judge Deborah M. Smith More Information >>> | State of Alaska | Filed: November 01, 2012 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Siegfried Pedersen - Judge John D. Roberts More Information >>> | Joe Schmidt | Filed: November 30, 2012 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Sherrie Ina Wilson - Judge Ralph R. Beistline More Information >>> | Filed: February 19, 2013 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ | |
| Siegfried Pedersen - Judge Ralph R. Beistline More Information >>> | Joe Schmidt | Filed: August 27, 2013 General §28:2254 |
| Sabil M. Mujahid - Judge Timothy M. Burgess More Information >>> | Debbie Miller | Filed: September 24, 2013 General §28:2241 |
| Shawn Malutin - Judge Sharon L. Gleason More Information >>> | Department of Corrections, State of Alaska | Filed: October 17, 2013 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Scott A. Higgins - Judge Deborah M. Smith More Information >>> | Filed: December 23, 2013 General §28:2254 | |
| Sherrie Ina Wilson - Judge Sharon L. Gleason More Information >>> | Joe Schmidt | Filed: February 18, 2014 General §28:2254 |
| Sheldon M. Fox‚ II - Judge Timothy M. Burgess More Information >>> | D.O.C, Pam Martin, K. Brann Wade, Mary Ann Chaney | Filed: February 19, 2014 Civil Rights §28:1343 jury demanded by Plaintiff |
| Scott Alan Higgins - Judge Kevin F. McCoy More Information >>> | Conant | Filed: June 26, 2014 General §28:2254 |
| Saye Blendolo Gatei - Judge Scott A. Oravec More Information >>> | Clare Sullivan | Filed: July 07, 2014 Civil Rights §28:2254 |
| Saye Blendolo Gatei - Judge Ralph R. Beistline More Information >>> | Warren Matthews, Debbie Miller, Michael Geraghty | Filed: July 29, 2014 Civil Rights §42:1983 jury demanded by Plaintiff |
| Scott Alan Higgins - Judge Timothy M. Burgess More Information >>> | Conant | Filed: September 29, 2014 General §28:2241 |
| Shawn M. Herron‚ II - Judge Kevin F. McCoy More Information >>> | State of Michigan | Filed: November 12, 2014 Civil Rights §28:2254 |
| Suzette Welton - Judge Sharon L. Gleason More Information >>> | Mike Gilligan | Filed: August 25, 2015 General §28:2254 |
| Saye Blendolo Gatei - Judge Timothy M. Burgess More Information >>> | John Conant | Filed: September 17, 2015 General §28:2254 |
| Saye Blendolo Gatei - Judge Sharon L. Gleason More Information >>> | Erika S. Kahill, Johnathan Simmilink, Matthew Thurman | Filed: October 08, 2015 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Saye Blendolo Gatei - Judge Ralph R. Beistline More Information >>> | Michael Fitch, John Conant, Rebecca Bingham, Laura Brooks | Filed: January 05, 2016 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Steven Bradley Powell - Judge Timothy M. Burgess More Information >>> | Jesse Self, State of Alaska, Cotton, Goslin | Filed: February 23, 2017 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Saye Blendolo Gatei - Judge Timothy M. Burgess More Information >>> | State of Alaska | Filed: May 18, 2017 General §28:2254 |
| Steven C. Levi - Judge Timothy M. Burgess More Information >>> | Consumer Finance Protection Bureau, Security, Internal Revenue Service, Exchange Commission, Federal Housing Finance Agency | Filed: August 22, 2017 Mandamus and Other §No cause code entered |
| Steve Bachmeier - Judge Timothy M. Burgess More Information >>> | United States | Filed: January 25, 2018 General §28:2241 |
| Sean Wright - Judge Ralph R. Beistline More Information >>> | State of Alaska | Filed: February 26, 2018 General §28:2254 |
| Scott Leitner - Judge Timothy M. Burgess More Information >>> | Z. Nighswonger | Filed: June 18, 2018 General §28:2254 |
| Sergius Alex Sheakley - Judge Sharon L Gleason More Information >>> | Julia D. Moudy, Joseph Van de Mark, Chad Hold, Alaska Bar Association, James Corrigan‚ III, Gregory S. Parvin, Michael L. Wolverton, Arne Soldwedel, Jeffrey D. Mahlen | Filed: November 16, 2018 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 jury demanded by Plaintiff |
| Sergius A. Sheakley‚ III - Judge Sharon L Gleason More Information >>> | State of Alaska | Filed: November 26, 2018 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2241 |
| Scott Lewis Hashemian - Judge Timothy M Burgess More Information >>> | United States Marshals, Unknown U.S. Marshals Transport Officers | Filed: December 07, 2018 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Sherrie I. Wilson - Judge Ralph R Beistline More Information >>> | Gloria Johnson | Filed: January 10, 2019 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254, Referring Judge James K Singleton |
| Steve Claudy Lapitre - Judge Ralph R Beistline More Information >>> | Filed: April 09, 2019 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254, Referring Judge James K Singleton | |
| Steve Claudy Lapitre - Judge James K Singleton More Information >>> | William Lapinskas | Filed: June 12, 2019 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 |
| Sedgwick McAlaster - Judge Ralph R. Beistline More Information >>> | Amanda K. Eklund, Tye Menser | Filed: February 13, 2007 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 Prisoner Civil Ri jury demanded by Plaintiff |
| Stanley J. Mute - Judge Deborah M. Smith More Information >>> | State of Alaska | Filed: April 15, 2008 None §Federal Question jury demanded by 28:2254 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (State) |
| Stanley J. Mute - Judge Ralph R. Beistline More Information >>> | Joe Schmidt | Filed: April 21, 2008 None §Federal Question jury demanded by 28:2254 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (State) |
| Samson Eugene James - Judge Sharon L Gleason More Information >>> | R. Kelly, Frank James, Benns | Filed: July 12, 2019 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 jury demanded by Plaintiff |
| Scott Lewis Hashemian - Judge Susan R Bolton More Information >>> | United States Marshals, Unknown U.S. Marshals Transport Officers | Filed: June 15, 2020 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983, Referring Judge Sharon L Gleason jury demanded by Plaintiff |
| Sultan Stephon Burns - Judge Joshua M Kindred More Information >>> | Alaska Department of Corrections, M. Miranda | Filed: September 11, 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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