In California, anyone who is in prison, or otherwise restrained in some way by the criminal justice system, can bring a writ of habeas corpus petition to challenge their imprisonment. The right to do this is guaranteed by the California Constitution.
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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 – California (CA) Inmate List
Petition Search from July 14, 1988 to April 8, 2024
A(6667 rec) B(2672 rec) C(5072 rec) D(7219 rec) E(3624 rec) F(1781 rec) G(3370 rec) H(1652 rec) I(881 rec) J(12301 rec) K(3180 rec) L(3668 rec) M(7331 rec) N(980 rec) O(682 rec) P(1851 rec) Q(155 rec) R(8661 rec) S(6027 rec) T(3927 rec) U(192 rec) V(1179 rec) W(2587 rec) X(89 rec) Y(412 rec) Z(232 rec)| Plaintiff/ Respondent Name | Petitioner/ Defendant Name | Filed, Nature of Suit, Judge |
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| Montshu Abdullah - Judge Lucy H. Koh More Information >>> | S. R. Albritton, R. Kluger | Filed: December 30, 2015 Prison Condition §42:1983 |
| Mujahid Ta'lib Din - Judge Nathanael M. Cousins More Information >>> | S Albritton, R. Kluger | Filed: December 30, 2015 Prison Condition §42:1983 |
| Mark F. Koch - Judge PSLC HHL More Information >>> | R Higgons, California Health Care Facility, of Rehab, California Department Corrections, Bahaduer | Filed: February 10, 2016 Prison Condition §42:1983 |
| Michael E. Mitchum - Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton More Information >>> | Foster, Agurkis, Duch, M. Bentley, Honea | Filed: March 01, 2016 Prison Condition §42:1983 |
| Michael Ray France - Judge Paul Singh Grewal More Information >>> | Timothy Pearce, Bednar, J. Woida, Siderakis, Mendocino County Sheriff's Office | Filed: March 02, 2016 Prison Condition §42:1983 |
| Michael Henderson - Judge Ronald M. Whyte More Information >>> | Ross Burrell, Richard Lee | Filed: March 03, 2016 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Michael Henderson - Judge Ronald M. Whyte More Information >>> | PHS, Sing, Alexander County Sheriff Department of Correction, Hamilton | Filed: March 03, 2016 Prison Condition §42:1983 |
| Michael H. Starr - Judge Paul Singh Grewal More Information >>> | R. Erguiza | Filed: March 24, 2016 Prison Condition §42:1983 |
| Matthew Rieder - Judge Edward J. Davila More Information >>> | USA | Filed: April 07, 2016 Motions to Vacate Sentence §28:2255 |
| Marion A. Carr - Judge Lucy H. Koh More Information >>> | R. J. Rackley | Filed: April 08, 2016 General §28:2254 |
| Macario Jimenez-Corona - Judge Ronald M. Whyte More Information >>> | USA | Filed: April 15, 2016 Motions to Vacate Sentence §28:2255 |
| Mark Francis Koch - Judge PSLC HHL More Information >>> | Carla Wade | Filed: April 20, 2016 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Marion A. Carr - Judge PSLC HHL More Information >>> | R Casto, Jack Garner, Robert Risen, Simth, Bentley, Steve Mohoney, Harmon, Tray Arbaugh, Arthur F. Van Court, Bullock, Noreen Blonien, M. O&, R. J. Rackley, Prizmic, Lawin, Ortega, E Fong, Hepburn, A. Leddy, Wolk, Baker, Guaderroma, Terri Turner, Munog | Filed: April 19, 2016 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Manuel Mendez - Judge Howard R. Lloyd More Information >>> | Santa Clara County Superior Court, P. Kotsubo, H David Yamasaki | Filed: May 18, 2016 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Marc Anthony Lowell Endsley - Judge Nathanael M. Cousins More Information >>> | California Depart of State Hospitals | Filed: July 26, 2016 Conditions of Confinement §42:1983 |
| MARK RENEE THOMAS - Oct 04, 2016 More Information >>> | Filed: October 04, 2016 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 Prisoner Civil Ri | |
| Mark R. Thomas - Judge Kandis A. Westmore More Information >>> | Filed: October 05, 2016 General §28:2241 | |
| Michael Edmundo Blanco - Judge Nathanael M. Cousins More Information >>> | Maguire Correction Facility | Filed: October 12, 2016 Prison Condition §42:1983 |
| Michael Louis Overton - Judge PSLC HHL More Information >>> | Atascadero State Hospital | Filed: December 09, 2016 General §28:2254 |
| Matthew McCarthy - Judge Nathanael M. Cousins More Information >>> | People of the State of California | Filed: December 27, 2016 General §28:2255 |
| Michael Sterling Day - Judge PSLC HHL More Information >>> | D. Bright, California Department of Corrections, Z. Seyal, S. Posson | Filed: February 21, 2017 Prison Condition §42:1983 |
| - Judge PSLC HHL More Information >>> | Filed: March 08, 2017 Mandamus and Other §42:1983 | |
| Melvin Dean Jones - Judge Susan van Keulen More Information >>> | Brian Martin | Filed: May 12, 2017 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Michael Maldonado - Judge PSLC LLH More Information >>> | Santa Clara County, Santa Clara County Department of Corrections | Filed: September 12, 2017 Prison Condition §28:1441 jury demanded by Defendant |
| Marco A. Perez - Judge Howard R. Lloyd More Information >>> | P. Badura, J. Rush, D. Bradbury, C. E. Ducart, W. Keevil, M. Townsend | Filed: September 26, 2017 Prison Condition §42:1983 |
| Melvin Joseph Simmons - Judge Lucy H. Koh More Information >>> | Janice Hernandez, Dale Trigg, Kathleen Allison, William Follett, Darren McElfresh, Scott Kernan, David Baughman, Sandra Linderman, Steven Van Sicklen, Humberto Gutierrez, State of California | Filed: September 27, 2017 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Mary Lee Gaines - Judge Richard Seeborg More Information >>> | Mark David Greenberg, Jonathan Soglin, First District Appellate Project | Filed: October 04, 2017 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 Prisoner Civil Ri |
| Michael L. Overton - Judge PSLC HHL More Information >>> | // | Filed: October 30, 2017 General §28:2254 |
| Mark Anthony - Judge Nathanael M. Cousins More Information >>> | John Garza | Filed: December 08, 2017 General §28:2241 |
| Michael Anthony Lockhart - Judge PSLC HHL More Information >>> | Kimberly Seibel | Filed: December 14, 2017 General §28:2241 |
| Misako Yamaguchi - Judge Beth Labson Freeman More Information >>> | USA | Filed: January 08, 2018 Motions to Vacate Sentence §28:2255 |
| Michael L. Overton - Judge PSLC HHL More Information >>> | Exec. Dir. Doe | Filed: February 28, 2018 General §28:2254 |
| Mark A. Brown - Judge Howard R. Lloyd More Information >>> | T. Guiterrez, C. Flores, A. Chavez, T. Grady | Filed: March 12, 2018 Prison Condition §42:1983 |
| Miranda Jamielle Dixon - Judge Lucy H. Koh More Information >>> | United States of America | Filed: May 08, 2018 General §28:2241 |
| Matthew M. Howle - Judge Beth Labson Freeman More Information >>> | Napa Department of Corrections | Filed: July 11, 2018 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:1651, Referring Judge PSLC HHL |
| Michael L. Overton - Judge Edward J Davila More Information >>> | JOHN DOE | Filed: July 11, 2018 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254, Referring Judge PSLC HHL |
| Michael L. Overton - Judge Edward J Davila More Information >>> | Atascadero State Hospital | Filed: August 08, 2018 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983, Referring Judge PSLC HHL |
| Mark Edward Hill - Judge Edward J Davila More Information >>> | Don Ponner, Arian Harrell, W. Hamlin | Filed: August 28, 2018 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983, Referring Judge PSLC HHL |
| Mark Edward Hill - Judge Edward J Davila More Information >>> | Vickey Hennesy, Does 1-99 | Filed: August 28, 2018 Prisoner: Prison Condition §42:1983, Referring Judge PSLC HHL |
| Matthew Moreno - Judge Laurel Beeler More Information >>> | CC-II Baughman | Filed: August 29, 2018 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254, Referring Judge PSLC CLA |
| Michael Alan Yocom - Judge Edward J Davila More Information >>> | Warden Office | Filed: October 03, 2018 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254, Referring Judge PSLC HHL |
| Michael Anthony Lockhart - Judge Edward J Davila More Information >>> | Kimberly Seibel | Filed: November 08, 2018 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254, Referring Judge PSLC HHL |
| Melvin Joseph Simmons - Judge Lucy H Koh More Information >>> | Edmund G. Brown‚ Jr., Michael Cohen, ALEX XAVIER BECERRA, PADILIA, Dave Jones, Warden Kathleen Allison, David Baughman, Scott Kernan, JOHN AND OR JANE DOES, STATE TAX COURTS JUDICIAL, John Chiang, Director Will Lightbourne | Filed: November 14, 2018 Prisoner: Prison Condition §42:1983 |
| Mark A. Brown - Judge PSLC GRC More Information >>> | C Case, C. Hamilton, A Escobar, B. Chaucer, J. Robertson, M Stouffer, G Abdullah, B Tubbs, A Deere, All Employees of Pelican Bay State Prison, M Douglas | Filed: November 14, 2018 Prisoner: Prison Condition §42:1983, Referring Judge Lucy H Koh |
| Maurice Eugene Bibbs‚ Jr. - Judge PSLC GRC More Information >>> | A.D.A. Andrew Ganz, City of San Francisco, H.D.A. George Gascon | Filed: November 30, 2018 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983, Referring Judge Lucy H Koh |
| Michael Elijah Rodriguez - Judge Nathanael M Cousins More Information >>> | Stuart Sherman, Ralph Diaz | Filed: February 13, 2019 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 |
| Manetirony Clervrain - Judge Susan van Keulen More Information >>> | Alejandro Padilla, Xavier Beccera, Edmund J. Brown‚ Jr., John Sandweg | Filed: March 06, 2019 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| - Judge Nathanael M Cousins More Information >>> | Filed: April 02, 2019 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983, Referring Judge Lucy H Koh | |
| Manuel Lopez - Judge Nathanael M Cousins More Information >>> | Unknown | Filed: May 28, 2019 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983, Referring Judge PSLC MBI |
| Miguel A. Reta - Judge Nathanael M Cousins More Information >>> | Warden Scott Frauenheim, Scott Frauenheim | Filed: June 06, 2019 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254, Referring Judge PSLC MBI |
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A parole suitability hearing is often a very stressful and significant event for inmates, victims, victims’ family members, correctional staff, and the community. The Board is dedicated to protecting public safety, treating all persons who participate in a parole hearing with respect and dignity, applying the law in an unbiased manner, and protecting the rights of inmates and victims.
https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/bph/parole-suitability-hearings-overview/