On May 30, 2012, former Contra Costa County Deputy District Attorney Michael Gressett filed a civil lawsuit for a politically motivated malicious prosecution, false arrest, defamation and violation of his constitutional rights. The defendants include: Contra Costa County, the Contra Costa County District Attorneys’ Office; the City of Martinez; the City of Martinez Police Department; the State of California; the Office of the Attorney General for the State of California; Former District Attorney Robert Kochly; Former Contra Costa County Assistant Chief Deputy District Attorney Paul Sequeira; Former Contra Costa County Chief Deputy District Attorney Brian Baker; Chief Investigator Gene Greenwald; Darryl Jackson; Paul Mulligan; Former Martinez Chief of Police Tom Simonetti; Eric Ghisletta; Jon Sylvia; Supervising Deputy Attorney General Joyce Blair; Deputy Attorney General Peter Flores; former judge and 2010 Contra Costa district attorney candidate Dan O’Malley; Tom McKenna and the O’Malley & McKenna Law Office.
