{"id":101735,"date":"2021-05-25T20:24:58","date_gmt":"2021-05-26T03:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=101735"},"modified":"2021-05-25T20:25:19","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T03:25:19","slug":"judge-puts-da-unions-case-against-gascon-on-hold-pending-appeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2021\/05\/25\/judge-puts-da-unions-case-against-gascon-on-hold-pending-appeal\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge puts DA union&#8217;s case against Gasc\u00f3n on hold pending appeal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_94284\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-94284\" style=\"width: 399px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-94284\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/George-Gascon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/George-Gascon.jpg 399w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/George-Gascon-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/George-Gascon-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/George-Gascon-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-94284\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">George Gasc\u00f3n [Twitter]<\/figcaption><\/figure>A judge who in February ruled mostly in favor of the <em>Association of Deputy District Attorneys for Los Angeles County<\/em> in a petition brought against District Attorney <strong>George Gasc\u00f3n<\/strong> put the case on hold Tuesday while Gasc\u00f3n appeals.<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles Superior Court Judge James C. Chalfant issued a preliminary injunction in favor of the union on Feb. 8, finding that Gasc\u00f3n cannot order his prosecutors to ignore laws that the union says protect the public, including three-strike allegations and sentencing enhancements.<\/p>\n<p>The case was back before the judge to set a date for a trial on whether the injunction should be made permanent. But after discussing Gasc\u00f3n&#8217;s appeal with the lawyers, Chalfant accepted the agreement made by lawyers on both sides that the case should not move forward until the appeal is decided.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The court hereby stays the case in its entirety,&#8221; Chalfant&#8217;s clerk wrote in a minute order.<\/p>\n<p>The union contends that the directives &#8212; handed down the day that Gascon was sworn into office Dec. 7 &#8212; violate state law.<\/p>\n<p>But lawyer Robert E. Dugdale, on behalf of Gasc\u00f3n and the District Attorney&#8217;s Office, said the judge did not put a stop to Gasc\u00f3n&#8217;s policy prohibiting deputy district attorneys from filing most sentencing enhancements in new cases.<\/p>\n<p>Gasc\u00f3n has drawn criticism from some crime victims and prosecutors over the directives and is facing a potential recall effort. Organizers announced last week that signature-gathering has been approved for the recall effort.<\/p>\n<p>The city councils of at least 14 of Los Angeles County&#8217;s 88 cities, including Lancaster, have passed votes of no confidence against Gascon.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A judge who in February ruled mostly in favor of the Association of Deputy District Attorneys for Los Angeles County in a petition brought against District Attorney George Gasc\u00f3n put the case on hold Tuesday while Gasc\u00f3n appeals. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge James C. Chalfant issued a preliminary injunction in favor of the union [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":94284,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[719,1499,1496],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101735"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}