Berman v. Cate

Opinion

MILLER, J,

After plaintiff and respondent Vincent Collins Berman 1 completed a term of incarceration imposed pursuant to his plea of guilty in the Orange County Superior Court, he was placed on parole. At some point in time, defendant and appellant, Matthew Cate, as Secretary of California’s Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (hereinafter the Department) increased the proposed term of petitioner’s parole from three to five years. 2 Petitioner filed a petition for writ of mandate in the Riverside Superior Court seeking specific performance of an alleged term of his plea…