The embattled San Francisco District Attorney's Office has one more headache to add to the pile this week as a wrongful termination suit has arrived from a former investigator who claims to have been fired out of retaliation for the calling out of wrongdoing by prosecutors.
Jeffrey Pailet, a retired police lieutenant in the Los Angeles Police Department hired by the SF DA's office in 2017 to work in its Independent Investigations Bureau, has filed suit against DA Chesa Boudin and Boudin's chief of staff David Campos claiming that the was wrongfully fired in November 2020. Pailet's suit claims that after he raised concerns about the handling of cellphone search warrants relating to a 2017 police shooting case that Boudin reopened last year, he was terminated in an act of retaliation.
The suit also names prosecutors Dana Drusinsky and Stephanie Lacambra, accusing them of wrongful retaliation and other misconduct.
As the Chronicle reports, Pailet appealed his termination, and it was upheld by the city this past April. According to the complaint, the firing came after an investigation into his conduct and internal complaints in the DA's Office.
"Our client attempted to do the right thing by demanding that various assistant district attorneys follow the law and with respect to executing search warrants," said Pailet’s attorney, Joseph Lucia, in a statement to NBC Bay Area. "Unfortunately, due to his repeated attempts of doing so, he was retaliated against and ultimately...
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