Deputy D.A. Loses Speech Claim Against County Over Op-Ed (1)

A former California deputy district attorney who was transferred to less-prestigious courts after he published an op-ed about racism saw his First Amendment retaliation claim tossed by a federal court.

Daniel Chung failed to establish that the County of Santa Clara was liable for the alleged retaliation, the US District Court for the Northern District of California ruled Tuesday.

Chung wrote an opinion article about violence against Asian Americans in the San Francisco Bay area and California’s ongoing criminal justice reforms efforts in February 2021 for a local newspaper, according to the order. It generally referenced Chung’s experience as a ...