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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS
 

WESTERN DIVISION
 

RODNEY BURRELL, SR. PLAINTIFF 

VS. NO.: 4:08-CV-2517WRW 

THE CITY OF SHERWOOD, ARKANSAS, 

a public Body Corporate and Politic; 

KELVIN NICHOLSON, in his official capacity as 

Chief of Police for the City of Sherwood, Arkansas; 

VERNON BLOCKER, in his individual and official 

capacity as Police Officer for the City of Sherwood; and 

SCOTT McFARLAND, in his individual and official capacity 

as Police Officer for the City of Sherwood, Arkansas DEFENDANTS 

AGREED PROTECTIVE ORDER 

The Plaintiff, Rodney Burrell, propounded written discovery to the Defendants 

requesting production of documents contained in the personnel files of the Defendants as 

well as other documents that contains personal information of the persons unrelated to 

this litigation. The Defendants and other persons identified in the documents to be 

produced by the Defendants have a privacy interest in personal information, and 

production of these files shall be made only pursuant to this Protective Order. The 

documents produced by the Defendants to the Plaintiff {"Documents"} shall be produced 

to the Plaintiff's counsel, subject to the following restrictions: 

The Documents are for the sole use of the parties in this litigation and for only 

those purposes directly related to this litigation. The parties agree that disclosure of the 

contents of the Documents shall be limited solely to counsel, employees, agents, or 

representatives of the parties and expert witnesses retained for the purposes of this 

litigation, including all appeals. The parties further agree that any persons to whom the 

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Documents are disclosed shall agree not to use any Documents for any purpose other than 

the litigation of this action, and shall not disclose to any unauthorized person the 

existence or nature of any information contained in the Documents. Further, at the 

conclusion of this action and any appeals taken from a final judgment entered in the 

action, the parties shall bear the responsibility of collecting from all such persons to 

whom the Documents were disclosed, within a reasonable time, all tangible forms of the 

Documents, including any copies, extracts or summaries of the Documents. 

At the conclusion of this litigation, including all appeals, all copies of the 

Documents provided to the Plaintiff's counsel pursuant to this order and all copies of said 

Documents made by the Plaintiff's counsel shall be maintained as confidential by the 

Plaintiff's counsel and shall be destroyed no later than the end of three (3) years from the 

conclusion of this litigation, including all appeals. Neither the termination of this action 

nor the return or destruction of tangible forms of the Documents shall relieve any 

individual to whom the Documents were disclosed from the obligations set forth herein. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Wm. R. Wilson, Jr. 

United States District Judge 

Date:JA~ 1-) A-9\a
 

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Approved: 

Austin Porter, Jr. 

Porter Law Firm 

The Tower Building 

323 Center Street, Suite 1300 

Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 

(501) 244-8200 

E-mail: aporte5640@aol.com A'ney for Plaintiff 

By12@'J~--- Ark. Bar No. 86145 

Fuqua Campbell, P.A. 

Attorneys at Law 

425 West Capitol Ave., Suite 400 

Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 

(501) 374-0200 

E-mail:dfuqua@fc-Iawyers.com 

Attorneys for Defendants 

By: David M. Fu u 

Ark. Bar No. 80048 

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