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• Alameda County Tort Claims Form
  Form to turn in (most claims require submission within 6 months) after injury caused by government entity or employee to preserve right to sue for monetary damages. You can request and turn in the form at Clerk, Board of Supervisors Office, Administration Building, 1221 Oak Street, Room 536 Oakland, CA 94612 Phone: (510) 208-4949.
• Northern District Of California (Federal) Court Forms
  To file a suit related to jail conditions or sentence
• State Habeas Corpus Form (1/2010)
  Form MC-275 is used to challenge criminal convictions or conditions of confinement (file in Alameda County court). Mail to René C. Davidson Courthouse Department 1, 1225 Fallon Street Oakland, California 94612, Phone (510) 891-6000
• State Habeas Corpus Manual (11/2008)
  The traditional use of habeas corpus allows incarcerated people to challenge their convictions and sentences.
• Federal Habeas Corpus Manual (1/2015)
  A federal habeas petition can only challenge a conviction or the length of a sentence (including some issues involving denial of prison sentence credits or parole).
• Collateral Attacks on Criminal Convictions through State and Federal Habeas Corpus Petitions (8/2009)
  A “collateral attack” (collateral means “indirect” or “secondary”) on your conviction or sentence can be started by filing a petition for writ of habeas corpus. There is also a Spanish version.