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Alarcón (Arthur) papers
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Description
Arthur L Alarcón was a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, to which he was appointed in 1979 by President Jimmy Carter. He assumed senior status in 1992 and served until his death in 2015. Earlier in his career, he had served as Deputy District Attorney for Los Angeles County, legal advisor/ Clemency and Extradition Secretary to Governor Edmund G. "Pat" Brown (followed by his role as Executive Assistant), Superior Court judge for the County of Los Angeles, and Associate Justice for the California Court of Appeals, Los Angeles. The records in this collection span nearly 75 years of Alarcón 's life, including a small amount of his childhood and service in the Army before he began his long and diverse career as a lawyer and judge. This collection contains files for hundreds of legal cases in which he served in different capacities--some relatively minor cases and some very high-profile murder cases. A large group of Administrative Files is comprised of a mix of subject files, speeches and reports, event and activity ephemera, interviews, and other papers that are not official court documents.
Background
Arthur L Alarcón was a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, to which he was appointed in 1979 by President Jimmy Carter. He had a long and prominent career in law which began immediately following law school graduation at the University of Southern California.
Extent
103 Linear Feet 150 boxes
Restrictions
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Availability
Judge Alarcón's case files and case-related materials have a five-year blanket restriction. They will be available June 25, 2020. The non-case files are open for access.