King Hall Civil Rights Clinic Case Draws Media Coverage

The UC Davis School of Law Civil Rights Clinic drew media coverage for its ongoing efforts to force Yuba County to comply with a 1979 federal judge’s order requiring it to improve conditions at the Yuba County Jail. A lawsuit filed on behalf of prisoners there was the subject of an article in the Sacramento Bee, which included mention of the Clinic’s role. The case also drew attention from the Los Angeles Times and Appeal-Democrat.

The article notes that U. S. District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. appointed Carter "Cappy" White, director and supervising attorney of the UC Davis School of Law's Civil Rights Clinic, along with his students, to oppose Yuba County's effort to rid itself of the consent decree requiring improvements at the jail. The motion referenced in the article, which seeks to enforce provisions of the consent decree, was filed by the Clinic and Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld, the San Francisco firm White brought in as co-counsel for the inmates.