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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Prisoner Petitions – California (CA) Inmate List
Petition Search from July 14, 1988 to April 8, 2024
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| Juan Ernesto Lopez‚ Jr. - Judge Patrick J. Walsh More Information >>> | Lydia Hense | Filed: March 11, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Juan Moya - Judge Virginia A. Phillips More Information >>> | W J Sullivan | Filed: March 11, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Jose Luis Martinez - Judge Margaret A. Nagle More Information >>> | Warden | Filed: March 12, 2007 Prisoner: Civil Rights §28:1331 Forma Pauperis De |
| John P McGuire - Judge Consuelo B. Marshall More Information >>> | J L Norwood, United States of America | Filed: March 12, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2241 Petition for Writ |
| James Shayler - Judge Duty Magistrate Judge More Information >>> | Mission, Onglao, Peny, Grumman | Filed: March 13, 2007 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1983 Prisoner Civil Ri |
| Juan Manuel Arevalo-Nuno - Judge Florence-Marie Cooper More Information >>> | Norwood, S A Holencik | Filed: March 16, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2241 Petition for Writ |
| James Lynn Hines - Judge Unassigned More Information >>> | Julie Hissong, Jacquelyn Hissong, Santa Barbara Resident, P J Gallagher, Barbara Hanna | Filed: March 17, 2007 Prisoner: Civil Rights §28:1331 Forma Pauperis De |
| Joseph Aghazadeh - Judge Ralph Zarefsky More Information >>> | M.S. Evans | Filed: March 19, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| James A Sauers - Judge Dale S. Fischer More Information >>> | John Marshall | Filed: March 21, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Juan Beavers - Judge Carolyn Turchin More Information >>> | The People of the State of California, Evans | Filed: March 22, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Jose Curiel - Judge A Howard Matz More Information >>> | Tom Fleker | Filed: March 27, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Jamie Daniel Cid - Judge Audrey B. Collins More Information >>> | Richard Subia | Filed: March 29, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Jamal Goodman - Judge John Charles Rayburn More Information >>> | Connie Jarvis, Steven Merlak | Filed: March 29, 2007 Prisoner: Civil Rights §28:1331 Forma Pauperis De |
| Johnny Albert Partner - Judge Carolyn Turchin More Information >>> | A Hedgpeth | Filed: March 30, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Joseph Williams - Judge Andrew J. Guilford More Information >>> | Evans | Filed: March 30, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| James Eugene Garcia - Judge R Gary Klausner More Information >>> | Subia, Montinez, The People of the State of California | Filed: April 04, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Jose Del Toro - Judge Valerie Baker Fairbank More Information >>> | S A Holencik | Filed: April 04, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2241 Petition for Writ |
| James Lynn OHines - Judge Duty Magistrate Judge More Information >>> | San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara Network, Medical Atascadero | Filed: April 04, 2007 Prisoner: Civil Rights §28:1331 Forma Pauperis De |
| James Montgomery - Judge Jeffrey W. Johnson More Information >>> | Echendu, T Belavich, T Bzoskie | Filed: April 04, 2007 Prisoner: Civil Rights §28:1331 Forma Pauperis De |
| Jorge Montalvan - Judge Duty Magistrate Judge More Information >>> | Lam, Mary Doe | Filed: April 04, 2007 Prisoner: Civil Rights §42:1383 Review of HHS Dec |
| Jorge Salvador Lopez - Judge Andrew J. Wistrich More Information >>> | Michael Chertoff | Filed: April 05, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2241 Petition for Writ |
| - Judge Frederick F. Mumm More Information >>> | Darrel Adams | Filed: April 05, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Jermaine Aaron Moore - Judge Christina A. Snyder More Information >>> | Filed: April 05, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ | |
| John G Westine - Judge Manuel L. Real More Information >>> | Norwood, United States Parole Commission, United States Probation Dept. | Filed: April 05, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2241 Petition for Writ |
| James Davis Bennett - Judge John Charles Rayburn More Information >>> | Deborah D Parker, Does | Filed: April 06, 2007 Prisoner: Civil Rights §28:1331 Federal Question |
| Jack Cabada - Judge Carla Woehrle More Information >>> | Fresno Superior Court | Filed: April 11, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| John Richard Pokras - Judge Gary A. Feess More Information >>> | Warden | Filed: April 11, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| John Allen Rainwater, .. - Judge Charles F. Eick More Information >>> | Larry J Holt, Carolina Hall, David W Landrum, Larry Waugh, Melvin Hunter, Lloyd Hatfield | Filed: April 13, 2007 Prisoner: Civil Rights §28:1331 Forma Pauperis De |
| Juan Serna - Judge Dean D. Pregerson More Information >>> | Lee Ann Chromes | Filed: April 19, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| John Pentecost - Judge Andrew J. Guilford More Information >>> | T Felker | Filed: April 24, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| J R Ewing Carrell - Judge Oswald Parada More Information >>> | James Tilton | Filed: April 25, 2007 Prisoner: Civil Rights §28:1331 Forma Pauperis De |
| James D Wooten - Judge Ralph Zarefsky More Information >>> | Superior Court of Los Angeles County | Filed: April 26, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| John G Westine - Judge Manuel L. Real More Information >>> | Norwood, Director | Filed: April 26, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2241 Petition for Writ |
| James Lewis Cardinel - Judge Alicia G. Rosenberg More Information >>> | Ventura Police Dept, Young, Dickey | Filed: April 26, 2007 Prisoner: Civil Rights §28:1331 Forma Pauperis De |
| Jimmy Wayne Lyons - Judge Victor B. Kenton More Information >>> | Santero, LAPD, Rumion | Filed: April 26, 2007 Prisoner: Civil Rights §28:1331 Forma Pauperis De |
| Juan C Galarza - Judge Carla Woehrle More Information >>> | The State of California, -, Bill Lockyer | Filed: April 27, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Jose Luis Tobar - Judge Fernando M. Olguin More Information >>> | Larry Scribner | Filed: April 27, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Joseph Bernard Widby - Judge Carolyn Turchin More Information >>> | Barker, Payor, Perez, Fitter, Jamison, State Devin, California Prison - Los Angeles County, F Hernandez, R Brown, A W Sylva, Parker, DOES, Rushing | Filed: May 01, 2007 Prisoner: Civil Rights §28:1331 Forma Pauperis De |
| Jon C Blaylock - Judge Margaret A. Nagle More Information >>> | Andrew Kauffman, State Departments Corrections, David A Uhler | Filed: May 02, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Jon C Blaylock - Judge Margaret A. Nagle More Information >>> | Lancaster State Prisons, Cartel of Judges in Claims, Corcoran State Prisons, Chino State Prisons | Filed: May 02, 2007 Prisoner: Civil Rights §28:1331 Forma Pauperis De |
| James Morris Jackson - Judge Charles F. Eick More Information >>> | Robbins, Hansen, Farnados, Palacios, Gaffney, Zaragoza | Filed: May 03, 2007 Prisoner: Civil Rights §28:1331 Forma Pauperis De |
| James Lynn Hines - Judge Christina A. Snyder More Information >>> | Johnson, The Attorney General of the State of Arizona | Filed: May 04, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| James C Howe - Judge Stephen V. Wilson More Information >>> | Patricia Vasquez | Filed: May 04, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| James Michael Newman - Judge Patrick J. Walsh More Information >>> | Larry Bowles, Parole, The Board of Prison Terms | Filed: May 04, 2007 Prisoner: Civil Rights §28:1331 Forma Pauperis De |
| Jason Mency - Judge Andrew J. Wistrich More Information >>> | Scott M Kernan | Filed: May 09, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| James David Logan - Judge S James Otero More Information >>> | Lee Baca | Filed: May 09, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Jose Trancito Lopez - Judge John Charles Rayburn More Information >>> | Thomas Felker | Filed: May 10, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Jose Luis Rojo-Sarabia - Judge Fernando M. Olguin More Information >>> | Jr, Department of Homeland Security, Eduardo Aguirre, Alberto Gonzalez | Filed: May 10, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2241 Petition for Writ |
| Jose Cruz - Judge Andrew J. Wistrich More Information >>> | E Evans | Filed: May 10, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
| Jimmy Lee Vernon - Judge Audrey B. Collins More Information >>> | John Marshall | Filed: May 11, 2007 Habeas Corpus (General) §28:2254 Petition for Writ |
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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/