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.
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Prisoner Petitions – California (CA) Inmate List
Petition Search from July 14, 1988 to April 8, 2024
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| Jesus Benitez-Torres - Judge Lawrence J O'Neill More Information >>> | S. Young | Filed: November 08, 2019 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2241, Referring Judge Sheila K Oberto |
| Jerome Wilson - Judge Jeremy D Peterson More Information >>> | Stu Sherman | Filed: November 12, 2019 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 |
| Jeffrey Charles Wren - Judge Jeremy D Peterson More Information >>> | Warden of Avenal State Prison | Filed: November 12, 2019 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 |
| Joseph L. Cray - Judge Erica P Grosjean More Information >>> | M. Nunez, C. Huckleberry, M. Franco, F. Correia | Filed: November 19, 2019 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Juan C Guzman - Judge Barbara A McAuliffe More Information >>> | California Correctional Institution, California Department of Correction & Rehabilitation, County of Orange, Superior Court of California, Warden Sullivan | Filed: November 20, 2019 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983, Referring Judge Lawrence J O'Neill |
| Jose Ramirez - Judge Gary S Austin More Information >>> | CDCR - California Corrections, Aragon, CDCR of Department Corrections | Filed: December 03, 2019 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Jesus Torres - Judge Gary S Austin More Information >>> | Riverside County Jail, Sullivan, Miranda, Court Superior of California County of Riverside | Filed: December 03, 2019 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983, Referring Judge Dale A Drozd |
| John Ray Dynes - Judge Jennifer L Thurston More Information >>> | Fresno County Superior Court | Filed: December 04, 2019 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 |
| Jorge Mendoza - Judge Stanley A Boone More Information >>> | W. Sinkovich, David Constante, A. Shaw, Stu Patricia Brightwell, Edward Popper, Sherman, M. Voong, California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation | Filed: December 09, 2019 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Jose Guadalupe Calderon - Judge Stanley A Boone More Information >>> | Lawrence Gamboa, Magdy Danials, Jasmine Btol, Nancy Siegrist, Jong Moon, M. Mays, BR, P. Rouch, Isabel Mathos | Filed: December 12, 2019 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983, Referring Judge Dale A Drozd |
| John Galafate - Judge Jennifer L Thurston More Information >>> | Hunter Anglea | Filed: December 16, 2019 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 |
| Josh D Bland - Judge Sheila K Oberto More Information >>> | M. Stane, D. Moffett, J. Bryan, G. Jaime, T. Luna, Castellanos, Elizabeth Stark, California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation | Filed: December 16, 2019 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Jose Velazquez - Judge Stanley A Boone More Information >>> | J. Gornal, M. Pollomina, A. Leong, Dunlap, W. Escoto, C. Joseph, M. Travino, O. Bereqouskaya, Agular | Filed: December 11, 2019 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983, Referring Judge Dale A Drozd jury demanded by Plaintiff |
| Johnathan L. Hill - Feb 18, 2020 More Information >>> | Correctional Officer J. Duncan, Correctional S. Officer Avila | Filed: February 18, 2020 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 jury demanded by Plaintiff |
| Jose Miguel Quezada - Jul 08, 2020 More Information >>> | California Department of Corrections, R. J. of Rehabilitation, Morales, Swanson, State California | Filed: July 08, 2020 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 jury demanded by Plaintiff |
| James S. Bush - Judge Erica P Grosjean More Information >>> | Geter, P. Ibarra, E. Hernandez, Flowers, J. Ceja, J. Martinez, R. Gonzalez, R. Lira, G. Rodriguez, I. Lozano, Kelly Santoro, G. Garrett, S. Jensen, R. Hilario | Filed: January 06, 2020 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Jose Reyes - Judge Gary S Austin More Information >>> | Keene, Clements, Paez, Avila-Gonzalez, J. Knight, Timothy Anderson, Statewide Religious Review Committee, Valley State Prison, Rehabilitation, California Department of Corrections, T. Thornton, Raythel Fisher‚ Jr. | Filed: January 07, 2020 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| John F. Weston - Judge Gary S Austin More Information >>> | Keene, Clements, Paez, Avila-Gonzalez, J. Knight, Timothy Anderson, Statewide Religious Review Committee, Valley State Prison, Rehabilitation, California Department of Corrections, T. Thornton, Raythel Fisher‚ Jr. | Filed: January 07, 2020 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 jury demanded by Plaintiff |
| Jeramie Prier - Judge Gary S Austin More Information >>> | Keene, Clements, Paez, Avila-Gonzalez, J. Knight, Timothy Anderson, Statewide Religious Review Committee, Valley State Prison, Rehabilitation, California Department of Corrections, T. Thornton, Raythel Fisher‚ Jr. | Filed: January 07, 2020 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Jonny Nelson Nixon - Judge Stanley A Boone More Information >>> | Superior Court of Kern | Filed: January 10, 2020 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254, Referring Judge Dale A Drozd |
| Jason Marta - Judge Gary S Austin More Information >>> | CDCR | Filed: January 15, 2020 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Jose A. Rojas Barriga - Judge Stanley A Boone More Information >>> | Superior Court of California County of San Luis Obispo, Sullivan | Filed: January 27, 2020 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983, Referring Judge Erica P Grosjean |
| JM Godfrey - Judge Sheila K Oberto More Information >>> | Warden PVSP | Filed: January 31, 2020 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 |
| Jose Alfonso Ruiz - Judge Jennifer L Thurston More Information >>> | Superior Court of California County of Los Angeles, Sullivan | Filed: February 03, 2020 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Jason Benedict Paine - Judge Jeremy D Peterson More Information >>> | Young | Filed: February 06, 2020 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2241 |
| John Reyna - Judge Jeremy D Peterson More Information >>> | Wendy Batchelor, Naeem Siddiqi, Kings County Jail | Filed: February 10, 2020 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Jarvis Brown - Judge Stanley A Boone More Information >>> | Ken Reid, Mary Mitchell, Ian Connors, Kimberly Banks, Andre Matevousian, Belinda Auterson, Gerta Todd, Jason Hess | Filed: February 10, 2020 Prisoner: Civil Rights §28:1331 |
| James Taylor - Judge Stanley A Boone More Information >>> | Rosemary Ndoh, Kathleen Allison, Ralph Diaz | Filed: February 13, 2020 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983, Referring Judge Anthony W Ishii |
| Jaborie Brown - Judge Stanley A Boone More Information >>> | Warden of U.S.P. Atwater | Filed: February 14, 2020 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2241 |
| John Ray Dynes - Judge Jeremy D Peterson More Information >>> | Mule Creek State Prison Medical Department, CSP Corcoran Medical Department | Filed: February 18, 2020 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Johnathan L. Hill - Judge Jennifer L Thurston More Information >>> | J. Duncan, S. Avila | Filed: February 18, 2020 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 jury demanded by Plaintiff |
| Jamisi Jermaine Calloway - Judge Jeremy D Peterson More Information >>> | J. Parras, A. Lewis, M. Banks, D. Castille, R. Vanconeit, K. Mim, A. Avalos, M. Martel, S. Amador, C. Barriga | Filed: February 20, 2020 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| John W. Williams - Judge Dale A Drozd More Information >>> | F. Riddle, J.R. Garcia, I. Cubos, Beer, J. Oaks, M. Samboa, S. Pascoe | Filed: February 25, 2020 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983, Referring Judge Erica P Grosjean |
| John Moises Nieto - Judge Jennifer L Thurston More Information >>> | Reyes, Rodriguez, York, Rivero, Vargas, Gonzalez, James, Analis, Diaz-Navarro, Gordon, Vera, Marchesse | Filed: February 18, 2020 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Joseph Haskell Maine - Judge Jeremy D Peterson More Information >>> | Ndoh | Filed: February 28, 2020 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 |
| Jaime J. Torres - Judge Jennifer L Thurston More Information >>> | On Habeas Corpus, Warden Ciolli | Filed: March 02, 2020 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2241 |
| Javance Ross Payne - Judge Erica P Grosjean More Information >>> | S. Crisanto, C. Baser | Filed: March 03, 2020 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| John F. Weston - Judge Gary S Austin More Information >>> | California Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation | Filed: March 03, 2020 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983, Referring Judge Stanley A Boone |
| Jehu Hand - Judge Stanley A Boone More Information >>> | William Barr, Steven "Mike" Merlak, Steven Merlak | Filed: March 05, 2020 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2241 |
| Joe Nathan Taylor - Judge Jennifer L Thurston More Information >>> | Jeff Lynch | Filed: March 06, 2020 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 |
| Jerome Ryan Overstreet, Jeremie Ryan Overstreet - Judge Jennifer L Thurston More Information >>> | Garcia-Castro, M. White | Filed: March 12, 2020 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Joshua Jesse Cantu - Judge Jeremy D Peterson More Information >>> | John Doe 1, John Doe 3, John Doe 6, John Doe 8, John Doe 4, John Doe 7, John Doe 2, John Doe 5 | Filed: March 16, 2020 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Jose Luis Partida - Judge Stanley A Boone More Information >>> | Craig Koenig | Filed: March 16, 2020 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 |
| James Luedtke - Judge Barbara A McAuliffe More Information >>> | Kathleen S. Sawyer, A. Ciolli, Daniel Coggin | Filed: March 19, 2020 Prisoner: Civil Rights §28:1331 jury demanded by Plaintiff |
| James Arthur Casey - Judge Stanley A Boone More Information >>> | Navarro, L. Padrnos, Malinado, M. Docanto | Filed: March 17, 2020 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| John Reyna - Judge Gary S Austin More Information >>> | Putnum, Thomas, Valdez, Shriber, A. Cortez, Syndre, Kings County Jail, Alcala | Filed: March 27, 2020 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| John Jacob Gullatt‚ III - Judge Erica P Grosjean More Information >>> | Jeff Dirkse, Brock Dias, Miguel Villasenor, Daniel Hutsell, Christopher Gallo, Brooke Smith | Filed: April 02, 2020 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Joshua D. Bland - Judge Erica P Grosjean More Information >>> | Rehabilitation, Derek Cox, J. Quam, High State Desert Prison, State Department Corrections | Filed: April 03, 2020 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| Joshua D. Bland - Judge Erica P Grosjean More Information >>> | Wessie T. Lewis, Lissette Melendrez, Mariana Garay, Miguel A. Isais, Elizabeth Stark, Robert Rodriguez, Miguel A. Franco, Chad D. Huckleberry | Filed: April 03, 2020 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 |
| James Cato‚ Jr. - Judge Gary S Austin More Information >>> | Stu Sherman, Ralph Diaz | Filed: April 10, 2020 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 |
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