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.
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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
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| Vincent E. Cofield - Judge Jeffrey S. White More Information >>> | Lindsay B. Walsh | Filed: April 01, 2013 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 Prisoner Civil Ri |
| Vincent Hall - Judge PSLC RMH More Information >>> | Ralph M. Diaz | Filed: March 29, 2013 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Vernon C. Brown‚ Jr. - Judge Susan Illston More Information >>> | Tim Virga | Filed: May 08, 2013 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Vincent Soto Marquez - Judge PSLC JNE More Information >>> | H Lackner | Filed: June 05, 2013 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2241 Petition for Wri |
| Vernon C. Brown‚ Jr. - Judge Susan Illston More Information >>> | Tim Varga | Filed: July 30, 2013 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 Prisoner Civil Ri |
| Vincent Price McCowan - Judge Richard Seeborg More Information >>> | M. Barroso, B. Bee Be, Huff, R. Parin, M. B. Curiel, Johnson, Hedricks, K. E. Heard, J. Stevenson, Harrington, Rodriguez, Esparza, Carrasco, J. Marquez, F. Atrisco | Filed: July 31, 2013 Prisoner: Prison Condition §42:1983 Prisoner Civil Ri |
| Vance Henry Nilsen - Judge William H. Orrick More Information >>> | Edmund G. Brown‚ Jr. | Filed: September 12, 2013 General §28:2254 |
| Virgil Douglas Randall - Judge Richard Seeborg More Information >>> | County of San Diego | Filed: September 20, 2013 General §28:2254 |
| - Judge PSLC MSH More Information >>> | Filed: September 20, 2013 Civil Rights §42:1983 | |
| - Judge Richard Seeborg More Information >>> | Filed: November 19, 2013 Prison Condition §42:1983 | |
| Vernon C. Brown‚ Jr. - Judge Susan Illston More Information >>> | Tim V. Virga | Filed: December 03, 2013 General §28:2254 |
| Vincent Turner - Judge Edward M. Chen More Information >>> | Fred Foulk, People of the State of California | Filed: December 10, 2013 General §28:2254 |
| - Judge Susan Illston More Information >>> | Filed: December 11, 2013 Civil Rights §42:1983 | |
| - Judge Jeffrey S. White More Information >>> | Filed: December 13, 2013 Prisoner: Prison Condition §42:1983 Prisoner Civil Ri | |
| Vincent Keith Bell - Judge Susan Illston More Information >>> | Ken Lee, Murillo, Ward, Krol, Weatherly, Gatman, Pescador, DeLos Reyes, Herrion | Filed: December 16, 2013 Prison Condition §42:1983 |
| Vincent Robert Eppstein - Judge PSLC MSH More Information >>> | Victor Chen, John S. Perkins, Christina Garcia, Santa Clara County, P. Rosen | Filed: January 15, 2014 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Vincent Robert Eppstein - Judge PSLC MSH More Information >>> | Christine Marie Garcia, Victor W. Chen | Filed: February 18, 2014 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Vincent Robert Eppstein - Judge PSLC MSH More Information >>> | CTG & Associates LLC, John S. Perkins, Chen, Victor Ed Fischer | Filed: February 18, 2014 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Vicente Lopez - Judge Susan Illston More Information >>> | Fred Foulk | Filed: March 05, 2014 General §28:2254 |
| Vincent Robert Eppstein - Judge Maria-Elena James More Information >>> | Ann Patricia McDonald, Christine Marie Garcia, Victor W. Chen, John S. Perkins, Kimberly Ann Brockington-Schatz | Filed: March 21, 2014 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Vincent R. Palomino‚ III - Judge Elizabeth D. Laporte More Information >>> | Monterey County Jail | Filed: June 13, 2014 Prison Condition §42:1983 |
| Victor M. Acuna - Judge Joseph C. Spero More Information >>> | Nnenna Ikegbu, H. Williams, Donna Jacobsen, C. Tinoshenko, S. Smedley, Andrew Nangalam, Michael C. Sayre, Maureen McLean, H. McAlexander, Rickie Lee Strawn | Filed: August 12, 2014 Prison Condition §42:1983 |
| Vido David Mike Vukman - Judge PSLC MSH More Information >>> | Stu Sherman | Filed: September 30, 2014 General §28:2254 |
| Vincent Jacobo - Judge PSLC JNE More Information >>> | Nell, San Francisco Sheriff's Dept., Jones, Ross Mirkarimi, Gray, Minor | Filed: November 24, 2014 Prison Condition §42:1983 |
| Vernon Evans-Carmichael - Judge Joseph C. Spero More Information >>> | Warden | Filed: December 05, 2014 General §28:2254 |
| Vancois L. Damoun - Judge Haywood S Gilliam More Information >>> | Kamala Harris | Filed: February 06, 2015 General §28:2254 |
| Vadim Stanley Miesegaes - Judge PSLC MSH More Information >>> | David Fennell, Kamala Harris, Sterling Price, Cliff Allenby | Filed: March 03, 2015 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Vincent Price McCowan - Judge Richard Seeborg More Information >>> | Salinas Valley Warden, R. Cardona | Filed: July 24, 2015 Prisoner: Prison Condition §42:1983 Prisoner Civil Ri |
| Vincent Price McCowan - Judge Haywood S Gilliam More Information >>> | Cardona, Richard Seeborg, Richard W. Wieking, Corinne Lew | Filed: September 15, 2015 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Virgil Douglas Randall - Judge PSLC MSH More Information >>> | California State Prison Sacramento | Filed: October 02, 2015 Prison Condition §42:1983 |
| - Judge PSLC MSH More Information >>> | Filed: December 10, 2015 Prison Condition §42:1983 | |
| Victor Wayne Cooper - Judge Jeffrey S. White More Information >>> | R Franco, Rehabilitation (CDCR), State of M. California, Fabrica Hadjaj, Gill, B LeMasters, S Aref, Howard Gains, F Covey, Tim Perez, Jeffrey A. Beard, California Department of Corrections | Filed: December 17, 2015 Civil Rights §42:1983 jury demanded by Defendant |
| Vance Nilsen - Judge Vince Chhabria More Information >>> | Daniel Paramo | Filed: February 22, 2016 General §28:2254 |
| Valin C. Pennewell - Judge Elizabeth D. Laporte More Information >>> | Attorney General | Filed: March 02, 2016 General §28:2254 |
| Vernon Elliott White - Judge Maxine M. Chesney More Information >>> | USA | Filed: June 03, 2016 Motions to Vacate Sentence §28:2255 |
| Virgil Douglas Randall - Judge PSLC MSH More Information >>> | Sacramento State Prison-Folsom | Filed: June 27, 2016 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Victor Vincent Asuncion - Judge PSLC CET More Information >>> | CDCR | Filed: October 18, 2017 Prison Condition §42:1983 |
| Victor Ruben Monterroso - Judge Elizabeth D. Laporte More Information >>> | Sonoma County Jail, Niloofar Fadaki, Inc., CFMG | Filed: November 16, 2017 Prison Condition §42:1983 |
| Vincent Lynden Young - Judge Elizabeth D. Laporte More Information >>> | Debbie Asuncion | Filed: November 22, 2017 General §28:2254 |
| Vincent Keith Bell - Judge Susan Illston More Information >>> | Fisher, Leung, County of San Francisco, City, Williams | Filed: February 26, 2018 Prison Condition §42:1983 |
| Veronica V. Barahona - Judge PSLC LLH More Information >>> | San Francisco, CA | Filed: March 12, 2018 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Victor Cadena - Judge PSLC MWD More Information >>> | Amanda Neilson, Jessica Burg, J. Preston | Filed: December 10, 2018 Prisoner: Prison Condition §42:1983, Referring Judge Richard Seeborg |
| Victoria R Peterson, Victoria R. Peterson - Judge PSLC MWD More Information >>> | Warden Jenkins, William Martinez, CA, FCI Dublin | Filed: March 20, 2019 Prisoner: Prison Condition §42:1983, Referring Judge William H Orrick |
| Vernon L. Belton‚ Jr. - Judge PSLC MWD More Information >>> | Roger Martinez, M.D., P. Gonzalez, T. Foss, Tammy Foss, A. Pola, J. Gutierrez, C. Rebetrano, D. Shaltry, R. Poodry, M.D. Phuc Lam, A. Camacho, Mayder, Phd. Tom Zewert, S. Williams, S. Gates, Bayode Omosaiye, M.D. D. Bright | Filed: April 09, 2019 Prisoner: Prison Condition §42:1983, Referring Judge William H Orrick |
| Vincent Jacobo - Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley More Information >>> | Sargeant Garza, San Francisco Sheriff's Department, Deputy Li, Captain McConnell, Deputy Aguas, Sargeant Espinosa | Filed: April 19, 2019 Prisoner: Prison Condition §42:1983, Referring Judge PSLC JNE |
| Victor Cadena - Judge PSLC MWD More Information >>> | D. Read, D. Esparza, C. Chapman, J. Frisk, T. Farley, D. Mitchen | Filed: May 17, 2019 Prisoner: Prison Condition §42:1983, Referring Judge Richard Seeborg |
| Victor Cadena - Judge Richard Seeborg More Information >>> | J. Preston | Filed: May 23, 2019 Prisoner: Prison Condition §42:1983 |
| - Judge PSLC MWD More Information >>> | Filed: June 25, 2019 Prisoner: Prison Condition §42:1983, Referring Judge Richard Seeborg | |
| Victor Alexeev - Judge William Alsup More Information >>> | Xavier Beccera, Rehabilitation, California of Department Corrections | Filed: August 19, 2019 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254, Referring Judge Nathanael M Cousins |
| Victor Mandujano - Judge Joseph C Spero More Information >>> | Ron Davis, San Quentin State Prison, Dr. Dr. Thomas, Seaman, Extensive Out Patient | Filed: March 24, 2020 Prisoner: Prison Condition §42:1983 |
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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/