Alice M. Kyureghian '14 Argues before U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

On June 9, Alice M. Kyureghian '14 argued before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on behalf of the plaintiffs-appellants in Staggs v. Doctors Hospital of Manteca, et al., an action alleging Eighth Amendment and state law claims against prison and other health care providers. The argument is available for viewing on Ninth Circuit website by following the link below.

Staggs v. Doctors Hospital of Manteca

Kyureghian wrote the appellate briefs for the case last year while enrolled in the UC Davis School of Law Civil Rights Clinic, under the supervision of Professor Carter "Cappy" White.  She returned to San Francisco to argue the appeal before a panel that included Judges Morgan Christen and Paul Watford, and Senior United States District Judge Jed S. Rakoff (S.D.N.Y.), sitting by designation.

White thanked Kyureghian, an associate with Hurrell Cantrall LLP in Los Angeles, for the countless pro bono hours she donated to the Clinic preparing for the oral argument. "It's a tremendous experience for a young attorney, but Alice went above and beyond the call of duty," said White. "She and her firm are to be congratulated on this commitment to pro bono representation in a serious Constitutional case." 

White said that members of the King Hall faculty also assisted by reviewing the briefs and judging practice arguments, including Professors Margaret Johns and Carlton Larson, as well as Holly Cooper, lecturer and staff attorney at the Immigration Law Clinic, and J. Angelo DeSantis, a Richard C. Wydick Legal Writing and Research Fellow.

Alice M. Kyureghian '14 bio

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