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
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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| Young Yil Jo - Judge William V. Gallo More Information >>> | Barack Obama, Six Unknown Names Agents | Filed: August 12, 2013 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 Prisoner Civil Ri |
| Young Yil Jo - Judge Dana M. Sabraw More Information >>> | Barack Obama, Six Unknown Names Agents | Filed: August 26, 2013 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Young Yil Jo - Judge Peter C. Lewis More Information >>> | Barack Obama, Six Unknown Names Agents | Filed: September 13, 2013 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Young Yil Jo - Judge Bernard G. Skomal More Information >>> | Barack Obama, Six Unknown Names Agents | Filed: September 20, 2013 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Young Yil Jo - Judge Barbara Lynn Major More Information >>> | Barack Obama, Six Unknown Names Agents | Filed: September 26, 2013 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Young Yil Jo - Judge Barbara Lynn Major More Information >>> | Barack Obama, Six Unknown Names Agents | Filed: October 15, 2013 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Young Yil Jo - Judge William McCurine More Information >>> | Barack Obama, Six Unknown Names Agents | Filed: October 21, 2013 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Young Yil Jo - Judge William Q. Hayes More Information >>> | Barack Obama, Six Unknown Names Agents | Filed: October 25, 2013 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Yuri Tzul - Judge William McCurine More Information >>> | Barack Obama, Six Unknown Names Agents | Filed: October 25, 2013 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Young Yil Jo - Judge Peter C. Lewis More Information >>> | Barack Obama, Six Unknown Names Agents | Filed: November 19, 2013 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Yuri Tzul - Judge Bernard G. Skomal More Information >>> | Barack Obama, Six Unknown Names Agents | Filed: November 19, 2013 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Yuri Tzul - Judge Bernard G. Skomal More Information >>> | Barack Obama, Six Unknown Names Agents | Filed: December 16, 2013 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Young Yil Jo - Judge Marilyn L. Huff More Information >>> | Barack Obama, Six Unknown Names Agents | Filed: December 16, 2013 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Young Yil Jo - Judge William Q. Hayes More Information >>> | Barack Obama, Six Unknown Names Agents | Filed: March 04, 2014 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Young Yil Jo - Judge Marilyn L. Huff More Information >>> | Barack Obama, Six Unknown Names Agents | Filed: March 17, 2014 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Yuri Tzul - Judge Janis L. Sammartino More Information >>> | Barack Obama, Six Unknown Names Agents | Filed: March 17, 2014 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Yonis Abdulkadir Afrah - Judge Bernard G. Skomal More Information >>> | People of the State of California | Filed: April 04, 2014 General §28:2254 |
| Yuri Tzul - Judge Gonzalo P. Curiel More Information >>> | Barack Obama, Six Unknown Names Agents | Filed: April 15, 2014 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Young Yil Jo - Judge Cathy Ann Bencivengo More Information >>> | Barack Obama, Six Unknown Names Agents | Filed: April 15, 2014 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Yonis Abdulkadir Afrah - Judge Bernard G. Skomal More Information >>> | Parole Agent Supervisor, Dhani Sidhu, San Diego One | Filed: August 25, 2014 Mandamus and Other §28:2241 |
| Yonis Abdulkadir Afrah - Judge Nita L. Stormes More Information >>> | Dhani Sidhu, Parole Agent Supervisor, San Diego One | Filed: September 30, 2014 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Yovany Gomez-Hernandez - Judge Gordon Thompson More Information >>> | USA | Filed: January 08, 2015 Motions to Vacate Sentence §28:2255 |
| Yousef Omar - Judge Karen S. Crawford More Information >>> | D. Flynn | Filed: July 17, 2015 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Yesenia Cabrera-Morales - Judge Barry Ted Moskowitz More Information >>> | United States of America | Filed: August 24, 2016 Mandamus and Other §28:2241 |
| Yvette Monique Avila - Judge Barry Ted Moskowitz More Information >>> | Steven C. Stafford, Jeffrey Sessions, John Kelly, David Harlow | Filed: January 04, 2018 Mandamus and Other §28:2241 |
| Ysidro Hernandez - Judge Barbara Lynn Major More Information >>> | CDCR, - Chavez | Filed: November 18, 2019 Prisoner Petitions (Prison Condition) §42:1983pr, Referring Judge Dana M Sabraw |
| Yeison Renteria-Valencia - Judge Dana M Sabraw More Information >>> | USA | Filed: April 16, 2020 Prisoner: Vacate Sentence §28:2255 |
| Yasmani Osorio Reyna, Adrian Rodriguez Alcantara, Mary Doe, Flor Calderon Maria Lopez - Judge Gonzalo P Curiel More Information >>> | James Dobson, Sixto Marrero, Chad Wolf, J. T. Christopher LaRose, Matthew Albence, Gregory J. Archambeault, Jesus Reyna | Filed: April 21, 2020 Mandamus & Other §28:2241fd, Referring Judge Allison H Goddard |
| Yolanda Gutierrez - Judge Larry Alan Burns More Information >>> | John Kelly, David Harlow, William Pelham Barr, Steven C. Stafford | Filed: June 17, 2020 Mandamus & Other §28:2241fd |
| Yajaira Solano - Judge Larry Alan Burns More Information >>> | John Kelly, David Harlow, William Pelham Barr, Steven C. Stafford | Filed: July 06, 2020 Mandamus & Other §28:2241fd |
| Yi Liu, Wanping Du - Jul 30, 2020 More Information >>> | USCIS, KATHY BARAN, Acting Director KENNETH T. CUCCINELLI, Sarah Kendall, CHAD F WOLF | Filed: July 30, 2020 Mandamus & Other §28:1361 |
| Young Yil Jo - Judge Karen L Stevenson More Information >>> | Presbyterian Wilshire Church, Dep Hud, Six Mr. Unknown Names Agents, Eric Garceti, Donald Trump, Proland Management | Filed: August 10, 2020 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983, Referring Judge George H Wu |
| Yaroslav Proshak - Judge George H Wu More Information >>> | Warden of FCC Lompoc | Filed: August 17, 2020 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2241 |
| Yasmin Sundermeyer - Judge Deborah Barnes More Information >>> | County of Sacramento, Brittany N. Linde | Filed: November 25, 2020 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 jury demanded by Plaintiff |
| Young Yil Jo - Judge Karen L Stevenson More Information >>> | Presbyterian Wilshire Church, Dep Hud, Six Mr. Unknown Names Agents, Eric Garceti, Donald Trump, Proland Management | Filed: December 08, 2020 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983, Referring Judge George H Wu |
| Yancy Robert Andrews - Judge Carolyn K Delaney More Information >>> | Kathleen Allison, Kamalulluh Yusufzie, Galen H. Chruch, Robert Burton | Filed: February 22, 2021 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Young Yil Jo - Judge Karen L Stevenson More Information >>> | Six Unknown Names Agents, Dep Hud, Mr. Eric Garceti, Joseph Biden, Presbyterian Wilshire Church, Proland Management | Filed: March 08, 2021 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983, Referring Judge George H Wu |
| Yesenia Herrera - Judge Joseph C Spero More Information >>> | United States District Court | Filed: April 02, 2021 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2241 |
| Yuh-Yue Chen - Judge Percy Anderson More Information >>> | United States of America | Filed: April 13, 2021 Prisoner: Vacate Sentence §28:2255 |
| Yony Lima - Judge Kenly Kiya Kato More Information >>> | Warden | Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254, Referring Judge Ronald SW Lew |
More Information >>> | Mandamus & Other §28:1651 | |
| Yevgeiny Sorokin - Judge Gregory G Hollows More Information >>> | John D'Agostini | Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 |
| Yuping Liu More Information >>> | Larry C. Denayer, Corina A. Luna, Susan M. Curda | Mandamus & Other §28 U.S.C. § 1361 |
| YU QIU - Nov 22, 2021 More Information >>> | UR M JADDOU, Corina A. Luna, Susan M. Curda | Filed: November 22, 2021 Mandamus & Other §05 U.S.C. § 551 |
| YANG LIAO, YANG YANG, YANWEN CHEN, SHIQI ZHOU - Nov 25, 2021 More Information >>> | USCIS, DONNA P. CAMPAGNOLO, UR M. JADDOU | Filed: November 25, 2021 Mandamus & Other §28 U.S.C. § 1361 |
| Yohannes Gebrezgie - Judge Stanley A Boone More Information >>> | K. Phillips, Julie M. Malone, V. Marmolejo, M. Heather Heckler, J. Gallagher, K. Matta, M. Sexton, T. Lee, Xavier Becerra, M. Voong | Filed: November 08, 2021 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42 U.S.C. § 1983 jury demanded by Plaintiff |
| Young Yil Jo - Judge Karen L Stevenson More Information >>> | Proland Management, DEP HUD, Joseph Biden, Presbyterian Wilshire Church, Mr. Eric Garceti, City of Los Angeles California, Six Unknown Names Agents | Filed: September 20, 2021 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42 U.S.C. § 1983 , Referring Judge George H Wu |
| Yuh-Yue Chen - Judge Percy Anderson More Information >>> | United States of America | Filed: February 08, 2022 Prisoner: Vacate Sentence §28 U.S.C. § 2255 |
| Ying Na - Feb 16, 2022 More Information >>> | UR M JADDOU, Rosemary Langley Melville, UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES, Department of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas | Filed: February 16, 2022 Mandamus & Other §05 U.S.C. § 551 |
| Yor Xiong - Mar 22, 2022 More Information >>> | Robert W. Fox | Filed: March 22, 2022 Habeas Corpus (General) §28 U.S.C. § 2254 Petition |
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/