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California Prisoner Petitions – Letter D
This page lists publicly available prisoner petition records filed in California for names beginning with the letter D. These case listings may include prisoner civil rights matters, habeas-related filings, sentence challenges, prison condition claims, and other inmate-related court actions.
The records below are organized alphabetically to make browsing easier. If a large number of filings exist for one letter, the listings may be divided across multiple pages.
Letter: D
Page: 2
Total Records for Letter D: 7,219
Date Range: July 14, 1988 through April 8, 2024
About These California Petition Records
Prisoner petitions can involve issues such as prison conditions, civil rights claims, disciplinary disputes, medical care complaints, or motions related to custody and sentencing. This section is provided as a browsing aid for users looking through petition-related court records in California.
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This website is privately operated and is not an official government website or court. Information may be incomplete, delayed, or updated after publication. Users should verify case details through the appropriate court or official records source before relying on them.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a prisoner petition?
A prisoner petition is a court filing submitted by or on behalf of an incarcerated person. These filings may challenge prison conditions, medical treatment, disciplinary decisions, or other aspects of confinement or sentencing.
Why are these records sorted by letter?
Alphabetical sorting helps users browse large datasets more easily, especially when a state has many petition records.
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| Plaintiff/ Respondent Name |
Petitioner/ Defendant Name |
Filed, Nature of Suit, Judge |
|---|---|---|
| Daryl Armstead - Judge Alicia G. Rosenberg More Information >>> |
Michael Bunts, Curtis Wells, Moti Raghunath, S Wright | Filed: April 04, 2007 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 Prisoner Civil Ri |
| Dexter S C Farlough - Judge Duty Magistrate Judge More Information >>> |
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors | Filed: April 10, 2007 Prisoner: Civil Rights §28:1331 Forma Pauperis De |
| Donovan Haley - Judge Charles F. Eick More Information >>> |
Leroy Baca, Los Angeles County, Does, Los Angeles County Sheriff Department, Chief Medical Officer | Filed: April 11, 2007 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 Prisoner Civil Ri |
| Douglass Densal Brown‚ Jr. - Judge Frederick F. Mumm More Information >>> |
Frank Milazzo, Robin Nason, M Webb | Filed: April 13, 2007 Prisoner: Civil Rights §28:1331 Forma Pauperis De |
| Dwight A Staten - Judge Carolyn Turchin More Information >>> |
Anthony Malfi | Filed: April 16, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Daniel Arzaga - Judge Unassigned More Information >>> |
R Snow | Filed: April 20, 2007 Prisoner: Civil Rights §28:1331 Forma Pauperis De |
| Damon Meion Seymour, Sr - Judge Carolyn Turchin More Information >>> |
California Department of Corrections, Genals | Filed: April 24, 2007 Prisoner: Civil Rights §28:1331 Forma Pauperis De |
| Dewone Tyrone Smith - Judge Jacqueline Chooljian More Information >>> |
Cate Kottraba, Steve Cooley, District Attorneys Office, Michelle Podratz | Filed: April 26, 2007 Prisoner: Civil Rights §28:1331 Forma Pauperis De |
| Demilo Hodge - Judge Stephen G. Larson More Information >>> |
Linda Sanders | Filed: April 26, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2241 Petition for Writ |
| Daniel Giles - Judge Patrick J. Walsh More Information >>> |
Grundland, Cohen | Filed: May 02, 2007 Prisoner: Civil Rights §28:1331 Forma Pauperis De |
| Daryl Dwight Gray - Judge James V. Selna More Information >>> |
Los Angeles Police Department Officers, Susan Hubbart | Filed: May 03, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Diallo E Uhuru - Judge Victor B. Kenton More Information >>> |
N Grannis, -, John/Jane Doe, Ellen Greenman, K Weaver, Jack Meyers | Filed: May 03, 2007 Prisoner: Civil Rights §28:1331 Forma Pauperis De |
| Dexter S C Farlough - Judge Stephen J. Hillman More Information >>> |
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors | Filed: May 07, 2007 Prisoner: Civil Rights §28:1331 Forma Pauperis De |
| Donald Boyd - Judge Fernando M. Olguin More Information >>> |
Attorney General of the State of California, of Leroy Baca, Rehabilitation, California Department Corrections | Filed: May 23, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Donovan L Haley - Judge Charles F. Eick More Information >>> |
Chief Dentist, Does, Leroy Baca, LA County, Warden, LASD | Filed: May 24, 2007 Prisoner: Civil Rights §28:1331 Forma Pauperis De |
| Damien Brand - Judge Valerie Baker Fairbank More Information >>> |
Robert A Horel | Filed: May 31, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Darnell E Lemons - Judge Ralph Zarefsky More Information >>> |
Robert Horel | Filed: May 31, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Delia Page - Judge George P. Schiavelli More Information >>> |
Filed: June 01, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
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| Dennis B Clay - Judge Florence-Marie Cooper More Information >>> |
D K Sisto | Filed: June 05, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Donald Lee Lofton - Judge James V. Selna More Information >>> |
People of California, Margaret Mittwer, Mike Evans | Filed: June 06, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Douglas T Russell - Judge Frederick F. Mumm More Information >>> |
Gray Davis | Filed: June 07, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| David Martinez - Judge Carolyn Turchin More Information >>> |
People of the State of California, John Marshall | Filed: June 07, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| David Helms - Judge George H. King More Information >>> |
Ken Clark | Filed: June 08, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Motion to Extend |
| Demond Hershawn Little - Judge Oswald Parada More Information >>> |
Leroy Baca | Filed: June 11, 2007 Prisoner: Civil Rights §28:1331 Forma Pauperis De |
| Darnell Garcia - Judge Terry J. Hatter More Information >>> |
Terminal Island, U.S. Parole Commission, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Joseph Woodring | Filed: June 12, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2241 Petition for Writ |
| Dexter Thomas - Judge Ralph Zarefsky More Information >>> |
Bruce K Faecher | Filed: June 13, 2007 Prisoner: Civil Rights §28:1331 Forma Pauperis De |
| Darryl Lynn Davis - Judge Stephen J. Hillman More Information >>> |
Tom Felker | Filed: June 14, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Donyea Shamont Fambro - Judge Arthur Nakazato More Information >>> |
Mercy Hospital Bakersfield California | Filed: June 14, 2007 Prisoner: Civil Rights §28:1331 Forma Pauperis De |
| Donyea Shamont Fambro - Judge Arthur Nakazato More Information >>> |
M T A (Bus) Los Angeles California | Filed: June 14, 2007 Prisoner: Civil Rights §28:1331 Forma Pauperis De |
| Daniel Sada - Judge Jeffrey W. Johnson More Information >>> |
Lydia Hense | Filed: June 19, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Dexter S C Farlough - Judge George P. Schiavelli More Information >>> |
Kathy Mendoza-Powers | Filed: June 19, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Daniel James Trebas - Judge Florence-Marie Cooper More Information >>> |
John DeMorales | Filed: June 20, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Derrick Devel Wallace - Judge John Charles Rayburn More Information >>> |
Fatino, Piazza, Los Angeles County Sheriff Department | Filed: June 21, 2007 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 Prisoner Civil Ri |
| Danuyel Bryant - Judge Suzanne H. Segal More Information >>> |
A Hedgpeth | Filed: June 21, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Motion to Extend |
| Delma Borbon - Judge Victor B. Kenton More Information >>> |
Dawn Davison | Filed: June 21, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Derek J Bloodworth - Judge Unassigned More Information >>> |
Does, County of Riverside, Hector Gonzalez, - | Filed: June 22, 2007 Prisoner: Civil Rights §28:1331 Forma Pauperis De |
| Dennis Hollis - Judge Rosalyn M. Chapman More Information >>> |
John Marshall, Director of Corrections, C, Hepatitis Ellen Greenman, Hansen | Filed: June 25, 2007 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 Prisoner Civil Ri |
| Douglas Martinez - Judge R Gary Klausner More Information >>> |
S A Holencik | Filed: June 26, 2007 Prisoner: Vacate Sentence §28:2255 Motion to Vacate |
| Dan Kelly - Judge Duty Magistrate Judge More Information >>> |
J Abbs, M R Bunts, Charles Brady | Filed: June 26, 2007 Prisoner: Civil Rights §28:1331 Forma Pauperis De |
| Dexter S C Farlough - Judge Unassigned More Information >>> |
Jane Doe, Steve Cooley, Gregg Endless, Richard Hansen, Lee Baca, John Franco, Krystal Kim, Michael J Grosbard, Leland B Harris, John Doe, Sachi A Hamai, Sequin, Diane Manning | Filed: June 27, 2007 Prisoner: Civil Rights §28:1331 Forma Pauperis De |
| Deshawn Evans - Judge John F. Walter More Information >>> |
State of California | Filed: June 29, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Dale F Maisano, . - Judge Robert N. Block More Information >>> |
Trans Car Inc | Filed: July 03, 2007 Prisoner: Civil Rights §28:1331 Forma Pauperis De |
| Dale F Maisano, . - Judge Robert N. Block More Information >>> |
Lee Sheriff Baca | Filed: July 03, 2007 Prisoner: Civil Rights §28:1331 Forma Pauperis De |
| Darryl Edward Stewart - Judge Arthur Nakazato More Information >>> |
John T Doyle | Filed: July 03, 2007 Prisoner: Civil Rights §28:1331 Forma Pauperis De |
| Dexter S C Farlough - Judge George P. Schiavelli More Information >>> |
Richard Hansen | Filed: July 03, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| David Luckie Cochran - Judge Suzanne H. Segal More Information >>> |
S A Holencik | Filed: July 05, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2241 Petition for Writ |
| Deneal Deshawn Young - Judge Manuel L. Real More Information >>> |
B Haws | Filed: July 06, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Dorian Davis - Judge Stephen J. Hillman More Information >>> |
A Hedgpeth | Filed: July 06, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Darryl Ransom - Judge John Charles Rayburn More Information >>> |
Ben Curry | Filed: July 10, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Daniel Michael Ortiz - Judge Stephen G. Larson More Information >>> |
Derrick Ollison | Filed: July 10, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
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