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.
California Federal prisons and prisoner list.
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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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| You Theng Wang - Judge John Charles Rayburn More Information >>> | Michael Chertoff, Jr, James T Hayes | Filed: April 09, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2241 Petition for Writ |
| Yki J Vallery - Judge Alicia G. Rosenberg More Information >>> | T Felker | Filed: November 14, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Yves Montana Howard - Judge Hillman More Information >>> | Benny Curry | Filed: July 09, 2008 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Yesica Maribel Cambero - Judge Mumm More Information >>> | Deborah L. Patrick | Filed: October 27, 2008 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Young Yil Jo - Judge alBRUnassigned More Information >>> | Six Unknown Names Agents, Mr. President | Filed: March 31, 2009 Prisoner: Civil Rights §28:1331 Forma Pauperis De |
| Yusef Edward Salaam - Judge Walsh More Information >>> | Matthew Koenig, Aaron Wilkinson, Jeffery Miller | Filed: April 28, 2009 Prisoner: Civil Rights §28:1331 Forma Pauperis De |
| Yewhala Eshet Abebe - Judge Matz More Information >>> | Attorney General of State of California, Jerry Brown | Filed: July 16, 2009 Other §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Young Yil Jo, Cecilio Palache - Judge Unassigned More Information >>> | Six Unknown Names Agents, Mr. President Barack Obama | Filed: March 23, 2010 Prisoner: Civil Rights § |
| Young Yil Jo, Cecilio Palache - Judge Fernando M. Olguin More Information >>> | Mr. President Barack Obama | Filed: April 20, 2010 Prisoner: Civil Rights § |
| Young Yil Jo, Cecilio Palache - Judge Fernando M. Olguin More Information >>> | Mr. President Barack Obama, Six Unknown Names Agents | Filed: May 13, 2010 Prisoner: Civil Rights § |
| Yakema Ivy - Judge Arthur Nakazato More Information >>> | J. Cavazos | Filed: May 24, 2010 Habeas Corpus (General) § |
| Younger Joan Bonnot - Judge Andrew J. Wistrich More Information >>> | Los Angeles Police Department, Amaya | Filed: June 25, 2010 Prisoner: Civil Rights § |
| Yun Hseng Liao - Judge S. James Otero More Information >>> | Maurice Junious | Filed: July 30, 2010 Habeas Corpus (General) § |
| Young Yil Jo, Pedro Salas Sanchez - Judge Charles F. Eick More Information >>> | Mr President Barack Obama, Six Unknown Names Agents | Filed: December 17, 2010 Prisoner: Civil Rights § |
| Yi Qing Chen - Judge Dale S. Fischer More Information >>> | United States of America | Filed: May 26, 2011 Prisoner: Vacate Sentence § |
| Yujuan Banks - Judge Carla Woehrle More Information >>> | State of California | Filed: June 08, 2011 Habeas Corpus (General) § |
| Young Yil Jo - Judge Charles F. Eick More Information >>> | Mr President Barack Obama, Six Unknown Names Agents | Filed: June 28, 2011 Prisoner: Civil Rights § |
| Yuvon Potter - Judge Manuel L. Real More Information >>> | Brenda Cash | Filed: July 12, 2011 Habeas Corpus (General) § |
| Young Yil Jo - Judge Charles F. Eick More Information >>> | Mr President Barack Obama, Six Unknown Names Agents | Filed: July 13, 2011 Prisoner: Civil Rights § |
| Yuntao Liu - Judge Stephen J. Hillman More Information >>> | Unknown | Filed: June 12, 2012 Habeas Corpus (General) § |
| Yusuf Abdur-Rahman - Judge Sheri Pym More Information >>> | Darin Allard, Paulette Rice, Jaspal Dhaliwal | Filed: June 13, 2012 Prisoner: Civil Rights § |
| Yujuan Banks - Judge Carla Woehrle More Information >>> | G D Lewis | Filed: June 29, 2012 Habeas Corpus (General) § |
| Young Yil Jo - Judge Charles F. Eick More Information >>> | Mr President, Six Unknown Names Agents | Filed: August 20, 2012 Prisoner: Civil Rights § |
| Yancey Musgrave - Judge Alicia G. Rosenberg More Information >>> | Warden Guiterrez | Filed: February 04, 2013 Habeas Corpus (General) § |
| Yohan Cross - Judge George H. King More Information >>> | J. Jefferson, J. L. Cortez, M. Reynoso, M. L. Brodie | Filed: February 14, 2013 Prisoner: Civil Rights § |
| Yovanni Velasquez - Judge Oswald Parada More Information >>> | Tim Verga | Filed: May 21, 2013 Habeas Corpus (General) § |
| Yow-Ming Yeh - Judge James V. Selna More Information >>> | California State | Filed: July 23, 2013 Habeas Corpus (General) § |
| Yasith Chhun - Judge Dean D. Pregerson More Information >>> | United States of America | Filed: July 30, 2013 Prisoner: Vacate Sentence § |
| Yi Qing Chen - Judge Dale S. Fischer More Information >>> | United States of America | Filed: December 19, 2013 Prisoner: Vacate Sentence § |
| Yoo Taik Kim - Judge George H. Wu More Information >>> | United States of America | Filed: July 15, 2014 Prisoner: Vacate Sentence § |
| Young Woo Kim - Judge Fernando M. Olguin More Information >>> | Kevin Chappell | Filed: October 14, 2014 Habeas Corpus (General) § |
| Yaski Romero - Judge Frederick F. Mumm More Information >>> | Warden | Filed: March 12, 2015 Habeas Corpus (General) § |
| Yahvah Pamphile - Judge James V. Selna More Information >>> | Raymond Madden | Filed: August 13, 2015 Habeas Corpus (General) § |
| Yuvon Potter - Judge Manuel L. Real More Information >>> | S. Sherman | Filed: February 03, 2016 Habeas Corpus (General) § |
| Yi Qing Chen - Judge Dale S. Fischer More Information >>> | United States of America | Filed: March 21, 2016 Prisoner: Vacate Sentence § |
| Yashik Deshawn Harrell - Judge Terry J. Hatter More Information >>> | United States of America | Filed: June 14, 2016 Prisoner: Vacate Sentence § |
| Yoshio I. Acosta - Judge John A. Kronstadt More Information >>> | Calvin Johnson | Filed: July 15, 2016 Habeas Corpus (General) § |
| Yongda Huang Harris - Judge Christina A. Snyder More Information >>> | United States of America | Filed: July 27, 2016 Prisoner: Vacate Sentence § |
| Yair Shoshani - Mar 07, 2019 More Information >>> | Filed: March 07, 2019 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2255 | |
| Young Yil Jo, Kum Nam Lee, Krystof Zawadzki - Judge Jesus G Bernal More Information >>> | Mr. President of the United States Donald Trump, DPT Hud, Proland Management, Six Unknown Names Agents, A Church, Mayor Mr Eric Garceti | Filed: June 12, 2019 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983, Referring Judge Charles F Eick |
| Yonkani Manuel Bojorquez - Judge Andre Birotte More Information >>> | Ken Clark | Filed: August 29, 2019 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254, Referring Judge John E McDermott |
| Young Yil Jo, Kum Nam Lee, Krystof Zawadzki, Hui Chung Jo - Judge Jesus G Bernal More Information >>> | Mr. President of The United States Donald Trump, City of Los Angeles California, Proland Management, Presbyterian Wilshire Church, DEP Hud, Mayor Mr. Eric Garceti, Six Unknown Names Agents | Filed: September 11, 2019 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983, Referring Judge Charles F Eick |
| Young Yil Jo, Kum Nam Lee, Krystof Zawadzki, Hui Chung Jo - Judge Jesus G Bernal More Information >>> | Mr. Donald Trump, Presbyterian Wilshire Church, Proland Management, Six Unknown Names Agents, Dep HUD, Mr. Eric Garceti | Filed: October 09, 2019 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983, Referring Judge David O Carter |
| Young Yil Jo, Kum Nam Lee, Krystof Zawadzki, Hui Chung Jo - Judge Jesus G Bernal More Information >>> | Mr. Donald Trump, Presbyterian Wilshire Church, Proland Management, Six Unknown Names Agents, Dep HUD, Mr. Eric Garceti | Filed: November 15, 2019 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983, Referring Judge Charles F Eick |
| Young Yil Jo, Kum Nam Lee, Krystof Zawadzki, Hui Chung Jo - Judge Jesus G Bernal More Information >>> | Mayor Mr. Eric Garceti, Presbyterian Wilshire Church, Mr. Donald Trump, Six Unknown Names Agents, DPT Hud, Proland Management | Filed: December 11, 2019 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983, Referring Judge Charles F Eick |
| Young Yil Jo, Kum Nam Lee, Krystof Zawadzki, Hui Chung Jo - Judge Jesus G Bernal More Information >>> | Mr. Donald Trump, Presbyterian Wilshire Church, Proland Management, Six Unknown Names Agents, Dep Hud, Mr. Eric Garceti | Filed: January 10, 2020 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983, Referring Judge Charles F Eick |
| Young Yil Jo, Kum Nam Lee, Krystof Zawadzki, Hui Chung Jo - Judge Karen L Stevenson More Information >>> | Mr. Donald Trump, Presbyterian Wilshire Church, Proland Management, Six Unknown Names Agents, Dep HUD, Mr. Eric Garceti | Filed: February 11, 2020 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1981, Referring Judge George H Wu |
| Young Yil Jo - Judge Karen L Stevenson More Information >>> | Mr. Donald Trump, Dep Hud, Six Unknown Names Agents, Mr. Eric Garceti, Presbyterian Wilshire Church, Proland Management | Filed: April 10, 2020 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983, Referring Judge George H Wu |
| Yow Meng Yeh - Judge James V. Selna More Information >>> | Matthew Martel | Filed: July 01, 2010 Habeas Corpus (General) § |
| Yolanda M Trivizo - Judge Stephen V. Wilson More Information >>> | Mary Lattimore | Filed: July 27, 2010 Habeas Corpus (General) § |
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/