Friedman

BACKGROUND

18 A. Allegations in the SAC. 19 Plaintiff Jack Arne Friedman (“Plaintiff”) was terminated from his employment as an 20 Investigator in the Independent Investigations Bureau within the Office of the San Francisco 21 District Attorney following the recall of former District Attorney Chesa Boudin. (Dkt. No. 38, 22 SAC ¶¶ 1, 12.) Before the recall, Plaintiff had prepared an affidavit in support of a warrant for an 23 officer’s arrest in connection with the shooting death of a carjacking suspect. (Id. ¶¶ 13-14.) The 24 officer, Samayoa, was the first San Francisco police officer to be charged with criminal homicide. 25 (Id. ¶ 16.) 26 After assuming the office, the current District Attorney, Jenkins, revisited Boudin’s 27 charging decision. (Id. ¶ 20.) Jenkins placed Plaintiff under internal investigation, directed him to be interviewed by a member of her executive staff, and forbade him from speaking about the Samayoa charging decision or the fact that Plaintiff was under internal investigation. (Id. ¶ 34.) In an additional effort to undermine the Samayoa warrant, members of Jenkins’ staff directed Investigator Daniel Lundberg to document his…