thanks you for all your response very much.

about the time
(1) I made a little change for the time of the arrest to protect my friend's privacy, so when he started this petition, it was...

thanks for all the responses.
as far as i know, there is another legal provision which says the petition to seal the record must be started within two years. could we use this conflict legal...

Hi everyone,
I am sorry to disturb you again for this issue. My friend was arrested two years ago as felony, and now faces a big challenge for the petition of factual innocence:

here is the...

thanks very much for all of you!

With all these details, could Mr. Knowitall or somebody else give me some more advice/comments on this issue?

Thank you Mr. Knowitall , sorry for the confusion, here are more details:
1. On 08-01-2017, my friend was arrested; he was taken to jail, got finger-prints and et.al. He spent one day there.
2. ...

This is in California.
I am sorry that my previous expression was not professional. when talking "expiration", I meant that if he will not be charged/sued for the next year, he can never be...

My friend is holding a j1-visa doing research at a university. He was arrested two years ago for domestic violence, a felony. But he was never charged, so there was absolutely no record at the court...

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here are more details: the arrest happened two years ago, and it was a felony-arrest. There was absolutely no case at the court level, and my friend was never charged...

Thanks for the quick response.
I am afraid it is still a current investigative file.
previous one senior lawyer said only when we file the petition for factual innocence with the court, we can...

Hi Everyone,
My friend was arrested for domestic violence and was not formally charged. So there was no case.
He has hired a lawyer working on the petition for factual innocence (California...