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
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| William A. Bracken - Judge Lucy H. Koh More Information >>> | William L. Muniz | Filed: November 21, 2017 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Woody Hanse - Judge Richard Seeborg More Information >>> | Scott Kernan | Filed: January 05, 2018 General §28:2254 |
| Willie Weaver - Judge PSLC RMH More Information >>> | California State Prison, Pelican Bay State Prison | Filed: February 28, 2018 Prison Condition §42:1983 |
| Warren R. Paul - Judge PSLC JNE More Information >>> | CSATF Corcoran State Prison | Filed: May 04, 2018 General §28:2254 |
| Willie Fred Stephens‚ Sr. - Judge PSLC RMH More Information >>> | Jenny Espinoza, Juliet De La Cruz | Filed: May 04, 2018 Prison Condition §42:1983 |
| Willie George Erwin‚ Jr. - Judge William Alsup More Information >>> | Scott Kernan, J. Vila, A. Vizcavra, C. Koenig, R. Guerrero, M. Voong, P. Martinez | Filed: July 10, 2018 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983, Referring Judge Laurel Beeler |
| Willie Russel Griffin - Judge PSLC MWD More Information >>> | Joe Lizaraga | Filed: November 06, 2018 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254, Referring Judge William H Orrick |
| Wendell Coleman - Judge PSLC CET More Information >>> | Elia Ortiz, Mark Boeggenecker, Diane Price, Thomas Warriener | Filed: November 14, 2018 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983, Referring Judge Susan Illston |
| Weiyong Zhao, Tiantian Xu, Yuhi Zhao, Yushi Zhao - Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley More Information >>> | Department of Homeland Security, Kirstjen LEE F Nielsen, CISSNA, Immigration Services, Lee F. Cissna, Richard T. Valeika, United States Citizenship, Field Director Richard T. Valeika | Filed: November 28, 2018 Mandamus & Other §08:1329 |
| Willie F. Stephens - Judge Vince Chhabria More Information >>> | Sonoma Valley Hospital | Filed: February 15, 2019 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983, Referring Judge PSLC RMH |
| Wynn Brewer - Judge Laurel Beeler More Information >>> | Warden Robert Neuschmid | Filed: February 26, 2019 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254, Referring Judge Vince Chhabria |
| Willie Weaver - Judge Vince Chhabria More Information >>> | Warden Pelican Bay State Prison | Filed: March 08, 2019 Prisoner: Prison Condition §42:1983, Referring Judge PSLC RMH |
| Walter Creg Goodson - Judge Sallie Kim More Information >>> | M. Voong, Perez-Pantoja, Santiago, K. Z. C. Allen, Freeman, C. Koenig, Kelly | Filed: March 20, 2019 Prisoner: Prison Condition §42:1983, Referring Judge PSLC MWD |
| Wayne Johnson - Judge PSLC CHC More Information >>> | Superior Court of California County of Contra Costa | Filed: March 22, 2019 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254, Referring Judge Nathanael M Cousins |
| Wesley Tolleson - Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley More Information >>> | Captain Taylor, Sheriff Brian Martin, Kim Detteer | Filed: May 31, 2019 Prisoner: Prison Condition §42:1983 |
| Wendell Coleman - Judge PSLC CET More Information >>> | Daniel Lichau | Filed: July 25, 2019 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983, Referring Judge Susan Illston |
| Willie Curtis Wilson - Judge Charles R Breyer More Information >>> | Alice Nicolai | Filed: August 07, 2019 Prisoner: Prison Condition §42:1983, Referring Judge PSLC LLH |
| Willie A. Torrence - Judge PSLC MWD More Information >>> | Robert Neuschmid | Filed: August 21, 2019 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254, Referring Judge Joseph C Spero |
| Webster Salasker Lucas - Judge Thomas S Hixson More Information >>> | M. Jackson, A. Kuster | Filed: October 25, 2019 Prisoner: Prison Condition §42:1983, Referring Judge PSLC MWD |
| William Anthony Robertson - Judge Laurel Beeler More Information >>> | San Francisco County Sheriffs Department, Jacowitz | Filed: November 14, 2019 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983, Referring Judge PSLC CET |
| William Lloyd Nelson - Judge PSLC CET More Information >>> | J. M. Robertson | Filed: December 10, 2019 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254, Referring Judge Edward M Chen |
| Walter Pierre Rausini - Judge Maxine M Chesney More Information >>> | USA | Filed: February 21, 2020 Prisoner: Vacate Sentence §28:2255 |
| William Anthony Robertson - Judge PSLC CET More Information >>> | I Solomon, Manohar Raju, Aleem Raja | Filed: March 03, 2020 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983, Referring Judge Susan Illston |
| William Robert Omler - Judge Joseph C Spero More Information >>> | Butte County Jail | Filed: April 01, 2020 Prisoner: Prison Condition §42:1983 |
| Wendell Coleman - Judge Susan Illston More Information >>> | Elia Ortiz | Filed: May 18, 2020 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Willie M. Flanigan - Judge William Alsup More Information >>> | San Francisco Sheriffs Department | Filed: May 22, 2020 Prisoner: Prison Condition §42:1983, Referring Judge PSLC JNE |
| Willie Branner - Judge D. Lowell Jensen More Information >>> | Robert L. Ayers | Filed: November 09, 1990 Death Penalty §28:2254 |
| William McCovey‚ III - Judge Saundra Brown Armstrong More Information >>> | Del Norte County Sheriff's Office, Debra Guzman, Employees | Filed: July 25, 2001 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Washington C. Montano - Judge Claudia Wilken More Information >>> | Cesar L. Sinnaco, Jeffrey R. Vincent | Filed: February 09, 2004 Prison Condition §42:1983 jury demanded by Defendant |
| Walter Brooks - Judge Saundra Brown Armstrong More Information >>> | 1st Watch Supervising Lieutenant, Heather Fong, San Francisco Police Department, Haggert | Filed: May 16, 2007 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 Prisoner Civil Ri |
| Willie Dennis‚ Jr. - Judge Saundra Brown Armstrong More Information >>> | K. Mendoza-Powers | Filed: August 02, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Walter Ray Redmond - Judge Claudia Wilken More Information >>> | San Francisco Police Department, County of San Francisco, City | Filed: August 20, 2007 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 Prisoner Civil Ri |
| Walter Ray Redmond - Judge Claudia Wilken More Information >>> | San Francisco Sheriff's Dept., City & of County San Francisco | Filed: September 26, 2007 Prisoner: Prison Condition §42:1983 Prisoner Civil Ri |
| William Odessa Brown‚ II - Judge Claudia Wilken More Information >>> | Ben Curry | Filed: October 19, 2007 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 Prisoner Civil Ri |
| William Odessa Brown‚ II, Cesari Hardiman, Curtis M. John-Charles - Judge Claudia Wilken More Information >>> | Ben Curry | Filed: November 11, 2007 Prisoner: Prison Condition §42:1983 Prisoner Civil Ri |
| William Odessa Brown‚ II - Judge Claudia Wilken More Information >>> | D. N. Garcia, G. A. Ortiz, Correctional Training Facility, D. G. Metcalf, O. N. McCall, J. R. Salas, G. M. Gonzales, A. Bernal, P. G. Dennis, C. Noll, J. Sareli, E. Stephens | Filed: November 27, 2007 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 Prisoner Civil Ri |
| Willie Tolliver Hill - Judge Claudia Wilken More Information >>> | Chavez | Filed: November 27, 2007 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 Prisoner Civil Ri |
| William Odessa Brown‚ II - Judge Claudia Wilken More Information >>> | L. E. Scribner, Edmund G. Brown‚ Jr. | Filed: January 31, 2008 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Williams Chaney - Judge Claudia Wilken More Information >>> | M. C. Kramer, Attorney General of the State of Califonria | Filed: February 29, 2008 None §Federal Question jury demanded by 28:2254 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (State) |
| Willie Edwards - Judge Claudia Wilken More Information >>> | Ben Curry | Filed: April 11, 2008 None §Federal Question jury demanded by 28:2254 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (State) |
| William L. Evins - Judge Claudia Wilken More Information >>> | Ben Curry | Filed: May 20, 2008 None §Federal Question jury demanded by 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights |
| Willie T. Hill - Judge Claudia Wilken More Information >>> | Oakland Police Dept. | Filed: July 11, 2008 None §Federal Question jury demanded by 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights |
| Wilbur McClure - Judge Claudia Wilken More Information >>> | Ben Curry | Filed: August 19, 2008 None §Federal Question jury demanded by 28:2254 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (State) |
| William A. LaRue - Judge Saundra Brown Armstrong More Information >>> | Hustler Magazine, Inc. | Filed: August 19, 2008 None §Federal Question jury demanded by 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights |
| William L. Evins - Judge Claudia Wilken More Information >>> | Ben Curry | Filed: March 27, 2009 None §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Walter Brown‚ Jr. - Judge Saundra Brown Armstrong More Information >>> | La Foods, Austin Quality Foods, Kellog, King Nut, Windsor Foods, Sue Summersett, Peanut Corp of America, ABC Ventures | Filed: October 06, 2009 None §42:1983 Prisoner Civil Ri |
| Wesley Carroll - Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton More Information >>> | Pennsylvania Judicial | Filed: November 17, 2009 None §42:1983 Prisoner Civil Ri |
| William L. Meador - Judge Saundra Brown Armstrong More Information >>> | F. Zhang, C.S.P. Dental Annex, Crispin, Jennings | Filed: March 02, 2010 Prisoner: Prison Condition §42:1983 Prisoner Civil Ri |
| Willard Eugene Thomas - Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton More Information >>> | Kelly Harington, Kern Valley State Prison of the State of California | Filed: March 09, 2010 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Willie Carpenter - Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton More Information >>> | Randy Grounds | Filed: April 12, 2010 General §28:2254 |
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