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o rn ia B ef ore: S C H R O E D E R and R A W L IN S O N , C i rc ui tJudg es ; and C O L L IN S , D i stri ct Judg e. ** A ppe l l a ntG r e g O c c hi one r o ( O c c hi one r o) appe a l s the di s tr i c tc ourt ’ s gr a ntof sum m ary j ud gm enti n favor of the C i ty of F re sno (the C i ty) . O cc hi on er o argues 

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thatthe C i ty vi ol at ed hi s c on st i tut i on al ri gh t s t o d ue process and fre e s peec h w hen I s r a e l T r e

jo ( T r e jo ) , ac ityp la n n e r , s e iz e dO c c h io n e r o ’s s to r e dp r o p e rtyw h ile sum m ar i l y abat i ng a nui sance. 1. T o s urvi ve s um m a ryj udgm e nt , apl a i nt i f f a l l e gi ng aF i r s tA m e ndm e nt re t al i at i on cl ai m m ustprod uce e vi dence thatthe go vernm ent al ac t or had k n o w le d g e o f

h is p r o te c te d s p e e c h . See D i etri ch v. John A sc ua ga ’s N ug get , 548 F . 3d 892, 901 ( 9th C i r . 2008) . O c c hi one r o’ s onl ye vi de nc e tha tT r e j o w a s a w a r e of O c c h io n e r o ’s p r o te c te d s p e e c h is a n e - m a il s e n t b yth e C ity ’s ta x d e p a rtm e n t to o th e rc ityo f

f ic ia ls in q u ir in g in to w h e th e rO c c h io n e r o w a s in c o m p lia n c e w ith b u ild in g a n d f

ir e r e g u la tio n s . T h e e - m a il d idn o t c o n ta in a n yr e f e r e n c e to O c c h io n e r o ’s p r o te c te d s p e e c h a n dw a s n o t s e n t to T r e jo o ra n y o n e in h is de pa rtm e nt . I n hi s de pos i t i on T r e j o a f f i rm a t i ve l yde ni e d a nyknow l e dge of O c c h io n e r o ’s p r e v io u s c o m m e n ts to C ityo f f ic ia ls . B e c au s e O c c h io n e r o f a ile dto of f e re vi de nc e tha tT r e

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hi s s pe e c h, s um m a ryj udgm e nti n f a vorof the C ityo n th is c la im w a s ap p r o p r ia te . Se e Ke ys e rv . Sac r am e nto C i t

yU ni f i e d Sc hool D is tr ic t. , 2 6 5 F .3 d 7 4 1 , 7 5 0 - 5 1 ( 9 th C ir . 2 0 0 1 ) , as am ended (c on cl ud i ng that sum m ary j ud gm entw as approp ri at e w here “ there [w as ] no evi dence i n the re cord3

t o c ontr a di c t[ the a c t or ’ s ] s t a t e m e nti n hi s de c l a r a t i on tha the w a s una w a r e [ of the spee ch] . ”)

2. C ontr a ryt o O c c hi one r o’ s a s s e rt i on, the di s tr i c tc ourtdi d note rri n r e j e c t i ng hi s due pr oc e s s c l a i m . I n hi s c om pl a i nt , O c c hi one r o e xpl i c i t l yt e the r e d hi s due p r o c e s s c la im to th e C ity ’s a lle g e dr e ta lia to rya n im u s . A s O c c h io n e r o f a ile dto p resen tev i d en ce o f a ret al i at o ry an i m u s, h i s d u e p ro cess cl ai m n ecessaril y fai l s. 3. B e c aus e O c c hi one r o a s s e rt e d no vi abl e c ons t i tut i ona l c l a i m s , w e ne e d not addres s w hether the C i ty w ou l d h ave been l i abl e f or T re j o’ s a ct i on s und er Mo n e ll v. N ew Y o rk C i t y D ep t ’t o f So c. Servs. , 43 6 U . S . 65 8 (19 78 ).

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