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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Prisoner Petitions – California (CA)
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California Prisoner Petitions – Letter W
This page lists publicly available prisoner petition records filed in California for names beginning with the letter W. 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: W
Page: 16
Total Records for Letter W: 2,587
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Wesley Kane Campbell - Judge Gerald B. Cohn More Information >>> |
CDCR Officer, Director of Health Care, Matthew Cate, Arnold Schwarzenegger | Filed: November 16, 2010 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Wesley Kane Campbell - Judge Jennifer L. Thurston More Information >>> |
Dick Cheney, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Michelle Obama | Filed: November 17, 2010 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Wesley Kane Campbell - Judge Gerald B. Cohn More Information >>> |
Lawrence J. Turner | Filed: November 24, 2010 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Wesley Kane Campbell - Judge Sandra M. Snyder More Information >>> |
Matthew Cate, Lopez, Arnold Schwarzanegger | Filed: November 29, 2010 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| William Anthony Perry - Judge Michael J. Seng More Information >>> |
Kings County Superior Court | Filed: November 15, 2010 General §28:2254 |
| Wendell Walter Johnson - Judge Michael J. Seng More Information >>> |
California Department of Corrections, C. O. Zepp Flowers, | Filed: December 08, 2010 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Wilson Thomas - Judge Sandra M. Snyder More Information >>> |
Michael L. Benov | Filed: December 15, 2010 General §28:2241 |
| Wesley Kane Campbell - Judge Sheila K. Oberto More Information >>> |
Raul Lopez | Filed: January 05, 2011 General §28:2254 |
| Wesley Kane Campbell - Judge Gerald B. Cohn More Information >>> |
Lee Baca | Filed: January 06, 2011 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| William Douglas Mello - Judge Oliver W. Wanger More Information >>> |
L. Harton | Filed: January 12, 2011 General §28:2254 |
| William H. Collier‚ Jr. - Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill More Information >>> |
General Counsel, J. Dreher, Paul R.A. Howard, H.A. Rios | Filed: February 14, 2011 Civil Rights §28:1331 |
| William Elliott - Judge Sandra M. Snyder More Information >>> |
Neybarth, Warden, C.D.C.R., Woo, Corcoran State Prison, Director, Chief C.M.O., California Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation | Filed: February 18, 2011 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 Prisoner Civil Ri |
| Willie L. Harris - Judge Gary S. Austin More Information >>> |
Heidi Lackner, L. Spatola, Henderson Benjamin, L. Allen, Frank X. Chavez, E. Painter, M. Elliott | Filed: March 03, 2011 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Wesley C. Logan - Judge Sandra M. Snyder More Information >>> |
James A. Yates, R. Shannon, M.C. Davis, A. Nesvit, J.A. Fogal, John Dovey, J. Hutchinson, Duran, Huckabay, Grannis | Filed: March 03, 2011 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Wesley C. Logan - Judge Jennifer L. Thurston More Information >>> |
Pleasant Valley State Prison, John Dovey, James A. Yates | Filed: February 28, 2011 Mandamus and Other §28:1651 |
| Wendell Smith - Judge Gary S. Austin More Information >>> |
C. Allison, Ken Clark | Filed: March 07, 2011 General §28:2254 |
| William Lamb - Judge Michael J. Seng More Information >>> |
L. Rutledge, M. Collie, Edward S. Jr., D.O. A. Alameida‚ Sedley, Godfrey, Scott Rawers, E. Roe, K. Mendoza-Powers, M. Torres, J. Korstjens | Filed: March 10, 2011 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Wesley W. Bowman - Judge Sheila K. Oberto More Information >>> |
H. A. Rios | Filed: March 16, 2011 General §28:2241 |
| William Rene Silveira - Judge Gerald B. Cohn More Information >>> |
Six Unknown Names Agents, Mr.President Of The United States Barack Obama | Filed: May 02, 2011 Civil Rights §28:1331 |
| William L. Hunter - Judge Sandra M. Snyder More Information >>> |
A. Gomez | Filed: May 10, 2011 Civil Rights §42:1983 Jury demanded by Plaintiff |
| Wayne Gray - Judge Michael J. Seng More Information >>> |
Muller, Rankin, - - Butler | Filed: May 16, 2011 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| William Rene Silveira - Judge Sheila K. Oberto More Information >>> |
Six Unknown Names Agents, Mr. President of the United States Barack Obama | Filed: June 03, 2011 Civil Rights §28:1331 |
| Wayne L. Pickering - Judge Anthony W. Ishii More Information >>> |
Ken Clark, Borden, A. Enenmoh, Jack St. Claire, E. R. Komar, N. Ibanez, A. Rotman, Metts, S. Bokelman, E. Smith | Filed: June 09, 2011 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 Prisoner Civil Ri Jury demanded by Plaintiff |
| Wendell Walter Johnson - Judge Gary S. Austin More Information >>> |
Urban, Barber, Warden, R. Villarreal, Brook, Enemolt, Outside DDS on 03/28/11, Hunt, 2d Watch Dr. on 11/19/10, Jeffery Neubarth, T. Byers, Hammshier, Mental Health Drs. at SATF Prison, Hobbs, Floyd, Plunket, Hernandez, Director Of Corrections, Kawayzy | Filed: June 06, 2011 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 Prisoner Civil Ri |
| Wesley Carroll - Judge Michael J. Seng More Information >>> |
District of Columbia, Chief Judge, Western of District PA, U.S. District Court, U.S. District Court, U.S. District Court, Office of the Clerk, Southern District of New York | Filed: June 24, 2011 Mandamus and Other §28:1651 |
| Walter Shane Langston - Judge Michael J. Seng More Information >>> |
J. Cole, E. Borla | Filed: June 20, 2011 Civil Rights §42:1983 Jury demanded by Plaintiff |
| William Cecil Thornton - Judge Gerald B. Cohn More Information >>> |
Kamala Harris, Matthew Cate | Filed: July 07, 2011 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| William Cecil Thornton - Judge Jennifer L. Thurston More Information >>> |
D. Watson, B. Robinson, S. Blackburn, Crounse, Sonny Perez | Filed: July 11, 2011 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| William M. Bryson‚ Jr. - Judge Gary S. Austin More Information >>> |
Rios | Filed: June 13, 2011 Civil Rights §28:1331 |
| Wesley Carroll - Judge Michael J. Seng More Information >>> |
View Sonic, Patrick R. Donahue, J. K. Bayne, Douglas Russell, United States Pretrial Services | Filed: August 26, 2011 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Wayne Chick - Judge Gerald B. Cohn More Information >>> |
P. Quinn, J. Kavanaugh, D. Wattle, D. Foston, Heidi M. Lackner, Tweedy, B. A. Lacey | Filed: August 29, 2011 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| William H. Hoard‚ III - Judge Dennis L. Beck More Information >>> |
State of California | Filed: August 23, 2011 General §28:2254 |
| William M. Bryson‚ Jr. - Judge Sandra M. Snyder More Information >>> |
United States Attorney of the District of South Carolina, H. A. Rios‚ Jr., Federal Bureau of Prisons, United States Department of Justice | Filed: September 07, 2011 Civil Rights §28:1331 |
| William Gonzalez - Judge Dennis L. Beck More Information >>> |
Pleasant Valley State Prison | Filed: September 12, 2011 Civil Rights §42:1983 Jury demanded by Plaintiff |
| William H. Hoard‚ III - Judge Michael J. Seng More Information >>> |
Frank Chavez | Filed: October 03, 2011 General §28:2254 |
| Walter Rapalo - Judge Barbara A. McAuliffe More Information >>> |
Shittu, - Schaffer, Huang, L. Bluford, A. I Manasrah, Grewel, S. Lopez | Filed: October 11, 2011 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Wesley Hammons - Judge Michael J. Seng More Information >>> |
James D. Hartley | Filed: September 26, 2011 General §28:2254 |
| William Ray Cole - Judge Michael J. Seng More Information >>> |
C. Gipson | Filed: October 27, 2011 General §28:2254 |
| William Junior Stewart - Judge Jennifer L. Thurston More Information >>> |
M Sepulveda, Gerald Ellis, The Federal Receiver (Medical), Fox, Bright | Filed: October 31, 2011 Civil Rights §42:1983 Jury demanded by Plaintiff |
| William Mack Bryson‚ Jr. - Judge Michael J. Seng More Information >>> |
United States of America | Filed: October 31, 2011 General §28:2241 |
| Will Moses Palmer‚ III - Judge Michael J. Seng More Information >>> |
Wang, Richard P. Berkson, Huang, J. Clement | Filed: November 14, 2011 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Will Moses Palmer‚ III - Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill More Information >>> |
Lemoy | Filed: November 14, 2011 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Willie L. Harris - Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill More Information >>> |
Frank X. Chavez, J. Roscelli, Deputy Warden for Security, H. Hughes | Filed: November 17, 2011 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| William Gipson - Judge Gerald B. Cohn More Information >>> |
O. Onyeje, Jenkins, Rodriguez, G. DeOchoa, R. Peters, Schmist, Kathleen Allison, Jean LaFlore | Filed: December 05, 2011 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Willie Stewart - Judge Gerald B. Cohn More Information >>> |
Matthew Cate, Felix Igbinosa, James Yates | Filed: December 07, 2011 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Wayne E. Wadkins - Judge Barbara A. McAuliffe More Information >>> |
John Trimble | Filed: December 21, 2011 General §28:2254 |
| William Rene Silveira, Young Yil Jo - Judge Anthony W. Ishii More Information >>> |
Six Unknown Names Agents, Barack Obama | Filed: January 11, 2012 Civil Rights §28:1331 |
| Wesley Kane Campbell - Judge Michael J. Seng More Information >>> |
Lee Baca, Los Angeles Sheriff | Filed: February 01, 2012 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Willie Jamison - Judge Barbara A. McAuliffe More Information >>> |
R.H. Trimble | Filed: February 08, 2012 General §28:2254 |
| W. C. Spivey - Judge Sheila K. Oberto More Information >>> |
M. McDonald | Filed: February 13, 2012 General §28:2254 |
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