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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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Case No. 2:13-CV-00320-KJM-KJN STIPULATION TO PROTECTIVE 

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CLAUDIA M. QUINTANA

City Attorney, SBN 178613

BY: FURAH Z. FARUQUI

Deputy City Attorney, SBN 233083

CITY OF VALLEJO, City Hall

555 Santa Clara Street, P.O. Box 3068

Vallejo, CA 94590

Tel: (707) 648-4545

Fax: (707) 648-4687

Attorneys for Defendants, CITY OF VALLEJO, ROBERT NICHELINI, CHASE CALHOUN

NICK CASPER, ESQ. (SBN 244637)

Casper, Meadows, Schwartz & Cook

2121 North California Boulevard, Suite 1020

Walnut Creek, CA 94596

Tel: (925) 947-1147

Fax: (925) 947-1131

Attorney for Plaintiffs, ERIKA GREGORY, LOREN MOLLNER

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, SACRAMENTO DIVISION

ERIKA GREGORY and

LOREN MOLLNER,

Plaintiffs,

v.

CITY OF VALLEJO; former VPD CHIEF 

ROBERT NICHELINI, individually and in 

his official capacity; VPD OFFICER CHASE 

CALHOUN, individually; and DOES 1 

through 50,

Defendants.

Case No. 2:13-CV-00320-KJM-KJN

STIPULATION FOR PROTECTIVE 

ORDER AND ORDER

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED BY ALL PARTIES to this action by and through their 

attorneys of record, that in order to protect the confidentiality of the records described below, 

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any of said records disclosed are subject to a protective order (and designated as “Confidential 

Material”) as follows:

a. Critical Incident Report- CI 2012-02

b. Internal Affairs Files Report as to Officer Calhoun in the last five years,

related to excessive force, if any exists.

1. Confidential material may not be disclosed except as set forth in paragraphs 2-6.

2. Confidential Material may be disclosed only to the following persons:

a. Counsel for any party to this action.

b. Paralegal, stenographic, clerical and secretarial personnel regularly 

employed by counsel referred to in 4(a);

c. Court personnel including stenographic reporters engaged in such 

proceedings as are necessarily incidental to preparation for the trial 

of this action;

d. Any outside expert or consultant retained in connection with this 

action, and not otherwise employed by either party;

e. Any “in house” expert designated by defendant to testify at trial in 

this matter;

f. Witnesses, other than the plaintiff herein, who may have the 

documents disclosed to them during deposition proceedings; the 

witnesses may not leave the depositions with copies of the 

documents, and shall be bound by the provisions of paragraph 5;

g. Any Neutral Evaluator or other designated ADR provider; 

h. Parties to this action; and

i. The jury, should this matter go to trial.

3. Each person to whom disclosure is made, with the exception of counsel who are 

presumed to know of the contents of this protective order, shall, prior to disclosure: (1) be 

provided with a copy of this order by the person furnishing him/her such material, and (2) agree 

on the record or in writing that she/he has read the protective order and that she/he understand 

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the provisions of the protective order. Such person must also consent to be subject to the 

jurisdiction of the United States District Court, Eastern District, with respect to any proceeding 

relating to the enforcement of this order. Defendants City of Vallejo and the named defendants 

herein shall be entitled to retain possession of the original writings described above. Nothing in 

this paragraph 4 is intended to prevent officials or employees of the City of Vallejo or other 

authorized government officials or any other persons from having access to the documents if 

they would have had access in the normal course of their job duties or rights as a citizen. 

Further, nothing in this order prevents a witness from disclosing events or activities personal to 

them, i.e., a witness can disclose to others previous information given to the City of Vallejo with 

respect to what she/he saw, heard, or otherwise sensed.

4. At the conclusion of the trial and of any appeal or upon other termination of this 

litigation, all Confidential Material received under the provision of this order (including any 

copies made) shall be delivered back to the City of Vallejo. Provisions of this order insofar as 

they restrict disclosure and use of the material shall be in effect until all Confidential Material 

(including all copies thereof) are returned to defendants.

5. In the event that either party wishes to file Confidential Material with the court, as 

an exhibit to a pleading or otherwise, the filing party shall first seek an order to file under seal 

pursuant to Local Rule 141. The Request to Seal Documents shall refer to this stipulation and 

protective order.

6. Nothing in this order shall preclude a party from showing or disclosing any 

documents, e.g., deposition transcript, pleading or brief, which otherwise contain Confidential 

Material as defined in paragraph 1, as long as such document has been redacted so as to prevent 

disclosure of such Confidential Material.

7. The foregoing is without prejudice to the right of any party (a) to apply to the 

Court for a further protective order relating to any Confidential Material or relating to discovery 

in this litigation; (b) to apply to the Court for an order removing the Confidential Material 

designation from any document; and (c) to apply to the Court for an order compelling production 

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of documents or modification of this order or for any order permitting disclosure of Confidential 

Materials beyond the terms of this order.

DATED: November 20, 2013 /s/ Furah Z. Faruqui

FURAH Z. FARUQUI

Deputy City Attorney

Attorney for Defendants,

CITY OF VALLEJO, ROBERT NICHELINI, 

CHASE CALHOUN

DATED: November 20, 2013

/s/ Nick Casper

NICK CASPER

Casper, Meadows, Schwartz, Cook

Attorney for Plaintiffs,

ERIKA GREGORY, LOREN MOLLNER

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 22, 2013

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