North Dakota Prisoner Petitions Cases filed in North Dakota
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Prisoner Petitions – North Dakota (ND) Inmate List
Petition Search from January 17, 2007 to April 1, 2024
A(70 rec) B(49 rec) C(54 rec) D(97 rec) E(39 rec) F(17 rec) G(21 rec) H(7 rec) I(3 rec) J(99 rec) K(40 rec) L(43 rec) M(101 rec) N(21 rec) O(4 rec) P(22 rec) R(85 rec) S(50 rec) T(36 rec) U(1 rec) V(19 rec) W(26 rec) Z(3 rec)| Plaintiff/ Respondent Name | Petitioner/ Defendant Name | Filed, Nature of Suit, Judge |
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| Randal R Steen - Judge Charles S. Miller More Information >>> | Timothy Schuetzle | Filed: December 12, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Robert L. McInnis‚ III - Judge Charles S. Miller More Information >>> | Wade Strand | Filed: May 14, 2008 Plaintiff §Federal Question jury demanded by 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights |
| Robert Lamar McInnis‚ III - Judge Charles S. Miller More Information >>> | John Hagan | Filed: June 09, 2008 Plaintiff §Federal Question jury demanded by 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights |
| Randy L. Bertram - Judge Charles S. Miller More Information >>> | Leann K Bertsch | Filed: November 04, 2008 None §Federal Question jury demanded by 28:2254 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (State) |
| Raymond Joseph Voisine - Judge Charles S. Miller More Information >>> | Marvin Haggard | Filed: March 09, 2010 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 Prisoner Civil Ri |
| Robert Duane Wentz - Judge Charles S. Miller More Information >>> | Warden, North Dakota State Penitentiary | Filed: October 13, 2010 General §28:2254 |
| Rickey White - Judge Charles S. Miller More Information >>> | District Court of Choctaw County | Filed: December 28, 2011 General §28:2254 |
| Russell Charles Seidel - Judge Patrick A. Conmy More Information >>> | USA | Filed: January 14, 2013 Prisoner: Vacate Sentence §28:2255 Motion to Vacate |
| Ricky A. Smuda, Linda Sue Smuda - Judge Charles S. Miller More Information >>> | Lynn Marten | Filed: November 04, 2014 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Richard Allen Smuda - Judge Charles S. Miller More Information >>> | Timothy Sybrant, Chelsea Kopp, Cody Moses, Cody Dengel, Darin Stewart | Filed: November 05, 2014 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Rodney Goodwin - Judge Daniel L. Hovland More Information >>> | USA | Filed: January 13, 2015 Motions to Vacate Sentence §28:2255 |
| Rodney Ray Chisholm - Judge Charles S. Miller More Information >>> | Filed: April 14, 2016 General §28:2254 | |
| Rondal F Heitsch - Judge Daniel L. Hovland More Information >>> | USA | Filed: June 07, 2016 Motions to Vacate Sentence §28:2255 |
| Ralph Lansing - Judge Daniel L. Hovland More Information >>> | USA | Filed: June 21, 2016 Motions to Vacate Sentence §28:2255 |
| Rocky Thomas Mayfield - Judge Daniel L. Hovland More Information >>> | USA | Filed: July 27, 2017 Motions to Vacate Sentence §28:2255 |
| Ronald W. Rogers‚ Jr. - Judge Charles S. Miller More Information >>> | Colby Braun | Filed: May 24, 2018 General §28:2254 |
| Robert Ray Lawrence - Judge Charles S Miller More Information >>> | North Dakota, State of | Filed: August 13, 2018 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 |
| Richard Kolubah Jallah - Judge Charles S Miller More Information >>> | North Dakota, Leann Bertsch, State of | Filed: November 05, 2018 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 |
| Robert Fool Bear‚ Sr. - Judge Daniel L Hovland More Information >>> | USA | Filed: July 09, 2019 Prisoner: Vacate Sentence §28:2255 |
| Rigoberto Diaz - Judge Rodney S. Webb More Information >>> | USA | Filed: March 19, 2009 None §U.S. Government Defendant jury demanded by 28:2255 Motion to Vacate / Correct Illegal Sentence |
| Robert Varney Hill - Judge Karen K. Klein More Information >>> | Customs Enforcement, Grand Forks County Center, Correction US Immigration, United States Attorney General, Grand Forks County Sheriff, Department of Homeland Security | Filed: December 08, 2009 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2241 Petition for Writ |
| Roger Jerome Jackson - Judge Karen K. Klein More Information >>> | Grand Fork's City of Correction Center, slow court's system, Program's etc., J.R.C.C., Jamestown River Correction Center, SweatLodge, G.F.C.C.C medical Dept | Filed: October 09, 2014 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Roger Jackson - Judge Karen K. Klein More Information >>> | Grd Frk's Correction Center | Filed: October 16, 2014 General §28:2254 |
| Robbie Lee Hall - Judge Alice R. Senechal More Information >>> | State of North Dakota | Filed: August 26, 2015 General §28:2254 |
| Roman Felipe Arroyo‚ III - Judge Ralph R. Erickson More Information >>> | USA | Filed: October 19, 2015 Motions to Vacate Sentence §28:2255 |
| Rose Mary Sanderson - Judge Ralph R. Erickson More Information >>> | USA | Filed: February 01, 2008 Prisoner: Vacate Sentence §28:2255 Motion to Vacate |
| Rick Joe Ehlert - Judge Rodney S. Webb More Information >>> | USA | Filed: October 02, 2008 None §U.S. Government Defendant jury demanded by 28:2255 Motion to Vacate / Correct Illegal Sentence |
| Ronald L. Rivera - Judge Ralph R. Erickson More Information >>> | USA | Filed: November 20, 2008 None §28:2255 Motion to Vacate |
| Ronald R Ernst - Judge Karen K. Klein More Information >>> | North Dakota Department of Corrections | Filed: November 24, 2008 None §Federal Question jury demanded by 28:2254 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (State) |
| Richard Allen Smuda - Judge Karen K. Klein More Information >>> | North Dakota, State of | Filed: July 09, 2009 None §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Robert D Wentz - Judge Karen K. Klein More Information >>> | Filed: October 01, 2009 None §28:2254 Petition for Writ | |
| Raymond J Voisine - Judge Karen K. Klein More Information >>> | State of North Dakota | Filed: January 08, 2010 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Richard Smuda - Judge Karen K. Klein More Information >>> | North Dakota, State of | Filed: November 22, 2010 General §28:2254 |
| Raymond Voisine - Judge Karen K. Klein More Information >>> | Alex Schweitzer | Filed: February 17, 2011 General §28:2254 |
| Ramon Hernandez Martinez - Judge Ralph R. Erickson More Information >>> | USA | Filed: March 14, 2011 Motions to Vacate Sentence §28:2255 |
| Ramon Hernandez Martinez - Judge Ralph R. Erickson More Information >>> | USA | Filed: March 14, 2011 Motions to Vacate Sentence §28:2255 |
| Robert Doyle Jones‚ Jr. - Judge Karen K. Klein More Information >>> | Cass County Court States Judgment, Jude Webb | Filed: July 13, 2011 General §28:2254 |
| Reynaldo Garcia‚ Jr. - Judge Ralph R. Erickson More Information >>> | USA | Filed: November 21, 2011 Motions to Vacate Sentence §28:2255 |
| Ryan Ray Corman - Judge Karen K. Klein More Information >>> | Filed: July 23, 2012 General §28:2254 | |
| Ryan Ray Corman - Judge Karen K. Klein More Information >>> | Filed: August 02, 2012 General §28:2254 | |
| Ryan Ray Corman - Judge Karen K. Klein More Information >>> | Andrew Eyre, Haley Wamstad, Inc., Orie Wayne Oksendahl, Stenehjem, CPC Rule | Filed: October 22, 2012 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 Civil Rights Act |
| Rodney Lavell Booker - Judge Ralph R. Erickson More Information >>> | USA | Filed: November 14, 2012 Prisoner: Vacate Sentence §28:2255 Motion to Vacate |
| Robert Doyal Jones‚ Jr. - Judge Karen K. Klein More Information >>> | Wayne Stenehjem | Filed: March 26, 2013 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ jury demanded by Plaintiff |
| Rachel Barbosa Rogers - Judge Ralph R. Erickson More Information >>> | USA | Filed: October 18, 2013 Motions to Vacate Sentence §28:2255 |
| Roger Jerome Jackson - Judge Karen K. Klein More Information >>> | Leann Bertcsh, Mark Haines, Don Redmann | Filed: January 21, 2014 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Roger Jerome Jackson - Judge Karen K. Klein More Information >>> | Don Redman, Loren Ammon, Jason Komrosky, Chad Netolicky | Filed: February 11, 2014 Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Ryan R Corman - Judge Karen K. Klein More Information >>> | NDSH Clinical Team, Alex Schweitzer, Larry Culp, Kerry Wicks | Filed: April 02, 2014 Conditions of Confinement §42:1983 |
| Roger Jerome Jackson - Judge Karen K. Klein More Information >>> | Grand Fork's N. Dak District Courts | Filed: August 06, 2014 General §28:2254 |
| Ronald Eugene Parizek - Judge Alice R. Senechal More Information >>> | Chad Pringle | Filed: June 22, 2015 General §28:2254 |
| Raul Tovar - Judge Ralph R. Erickson More Information >>> | USA | Filed: August 10, 2015 Motions to Vacate Sentence §28:2255 |
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Between 1980 and 1996, the number of petitions filed in U.S. district
courts by Federal and State inmates increased from 23,230 to 68,235.
While the number of petitions filed increased, the rate at which inmates filed petitions decreased 17% from 72.7 petitions per 1,000 inmates to 60.5.
Fewer than 2% the petitions were adjudicated in favor of the inmate;
most (62%) were dismissed.
24% of the petitions terminated in U.S. district court were later appealed.
Between 1980 and 1996, the number of prisoner petitions appealed increased from 3,675 to 17,002.
88% of Federal and State inmates represented themselves on appeal.
Petitions by State inmates
State inmates initated 81% of all prisoner petitions filed during 1996;
most (73%) alleged a civil rights violation.
21% of State inmates under a sentence of death had a habeas corpus petition active in the Federal courts during 1995.
Petitions by Federal Inmates
74% of the petitions filed by Federal inmates challenged the constitutionality of the sentence imposed.
Between 1987 and 1996, the number of petitions by Federal inmates challenging the sentence imposed increased from 1,664 to 9,729.
43% of the petitions by Federal inmates challenging the the sentence were later appealed.
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