What timelines must CDCR/Parole follow in responding to my 602 appeal?

CDCR/Parole must respond to your 602 appeals within the following time limits:

    Parole has 30 working days (from date of receipt by Appeals Coordinator) to complete and return to you a first level response to your 602 appeal.[635]
    Parole has 30 working days (from date of receipt by Appeals Coordinator) to complete and return to you a second level response to your 602 appeal.[636]
    Parole has 60 working days (from date of receipt by Appeals Chief) to complete and return to you a third level response to your 602 appeal.[637]

IMPORTANT EXCEPTIONS:

    CDCR/Parole is allowed to exceed the above time limits only in certain situations:
    The parolee, staff, or witnesses are unavailable;
    The complexity of the decision, action, or policy requires additional research;
    It’s necessary to involve other agencies or jurisdictions in the appeal; or
    A state of emergency requires CDCR/Parole to postpone “nonessential administrative decisions and actions, including normal time requirements for such decisions and actions.”

IMPORTANT!

  1. 635

    15 Cal. Code Regs. § 3084.8(c)(1).

  2. 636

    15 Cal. Code Regs. § 3084.8(c)(2).

  3. 637

    15 Cal. Code Regs. § 3084.8(c)(3).)