Elizabeth Holmes appeals her Theranos fraud conviction, prison term

Lawyers for Holmes, 38, filed a single-page notice of appeal without disclosing on what grounds she will ask the Court of Appeals to overturn the guilty verdict reached by a jury 11 months ago

Elizabeth Holmes appealed her criminal fraud conviction, two weeks after she was ordered to serve 11 1/4 years in prison for deceiving investors in her blood-testing startup Theranos Inc.
 

Lawyers for Holmes, 38, filed a single-page notice of appeal late Friday in federal court in San Jose, California, without disclosing on what grounds the Theranos founder and former CEO will ask the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn the guilty verdict reached by a jury 11 months ago.

Legal experts said her appeal was widely expected and faces long odds because US District Judge Edward Davila went to