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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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CLAUDIA QUINTANA

City Attorney, SBN 178613

BY: KELLY J. TRUJILLO

Deputy City Attorney, SBN 244286

CITY OF VALLEJO, City Hall

555 Santa Clara Street, P.O. Box 3068

Vallejo, CA 94590

Tel: (707) 648-4545

Fax: (707) 648-4687

MARK A. JONES, SBN 96494

KRISTEN K. PRESTON, SBN 125455

JONES & DYER

A Professional Corporation

1800 J Street

Sacramento, CA 95811

Tel: (916) 552-5959

Fax: (916) 442-5959

Attorneys for Defendants City of Vallejo, Officer Dustin B. Joseph,

Officer Sean G. Kenney and Vallejo Chief of Police Joseph M. Kreins

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSEPH L. JOHNSON, an individual, 

CYNTHIA A. MITCHELL, an individual, 

and as successor-in-interest and personal 

representative of decedent MARIO D.S.M. 

ROMERO,

Plaintiffs,

vs.

THE CITY OF VALLEJO, a municipality 

and charter city, POLICE OFFICER 

DUSTIN B. JOSEPH, an individual, 

POLICE OFFICER SEAN G. KENNEY, 

an individual, VALLEJO CHIEF OF 

POLICE JOSEPH M. KREINS, an 

individual and DOES 1-5, inclusive,

Defendants.

AND CONSOLIDATED ACTIONS

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Case No.: 2:13-CV-01072-JAM-KJN

(Consolidated with Case No.: 2:13-CV02060-JAM-KJN)

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER RE DATA RECOVERY FROM 

CELLULAR TELEPHONES

The parties to this action hereby stipulate to the procedure set forth below for transferring 

cellular telephones described in Report No. 1211085.6 as Property Items 15 and 16 consisting of a NW5 

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Samsung Metro PCS cell phone and a NW6 Metro PCS cell phone from the Vallejo Police Department 

to the forensic examiner designated in the Order below for the purpose of data recovery within the scope 

described in the Order. All the parties stipulate to the foregoing and to the chain of custody identified in 

the Order as follows:

GOOD CAUSE having been made to appear and pursuant to the stipulation of all counsel it is 

ordered that: 

The Vallejo Police Department will release to Jones & Dyer cellular telephones described in 

Report No. 1211085.6 as Property Items 15 and 16 consisting of a NW5 Samsung Metro PCS cell phone 

and a NW6 Metro PCS cell phone. A representative of Jones & Dyer will sign a receipt for the evidence 

to maintain the chain of custody. A representative of Jones & Dyer will then deliver the evidence to 

California Data Recovery, Inc. at 9139 Haverton Court, Elk Grove, California. A representative of 

California Data Recovery, Inc. will sign a receipt for the evidence to maintain chain of custody. Upon 

receipt of the evidence, a certified forensic examiner will retrieve available data from each cellular 

telephone including but not limited to text messages, instant messages, telephone numbers, voice mail 

messages or any other retrievable data for the period including from September 1, 2012 at 4:30 a.m. to 

September 3, 2012 at 4:30 a.m. 

Upon completion of the data recovery, a report detailing the results and content shall be 

simultaneously sent by California Data Recovery, Inc. to counsel of record. The report detailing the 

results and content of data retrieved shall be designated “Confidential Material” pursuant to the 

Protective Order previously issued by this court [Docket No. 13] except that the report 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;

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

and not otherwise employed by either party; and

e. Any expert designated to testify at trial in this matter.

The parties agree that at the time of trial Plaintiffs may seek orders from the Court to prevent 

confidential materials disclosed during discovery from being made public during a jury trial.

After the completion of the data recovery, the evidence will be returned to and maintained by the 

Vallejo Police Department. A representative of the Vallejo Police Department will sign a receipt for the 

evidence to maintain chain of custody.

All fees for the above-referenced data retrieval are to be paid by Jones & Dyer. 

No objection shall be raised by any party regarding admissibility at trial of the evidence related 

to the data recovery described in this order on the basis that the data recovery and production of the 

report occur after the close of discovery. All other objections to admissibility of evidence pertaining to 

the data recovery described in this order are preserved.

Dated: October 28, 2014 JONES & DYER

By: /s/ Kristen K. Preston 

Mark A. Jones

Kristen K. Preston

Attorneys for Defendants City of Vallejo, 

D. Joseph, S. Kenney and J. Kreins

Dated: October 28, 2014 CITY OF VALLEJO

By: /s/ Kelly J. Trujillo .

Claudia Quintana

Kelly J. Trujillo

Attorneys for Defendants City of Vallejo, 

D. Joseph, S. Kenny, and J. Kreins

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Dated: October 28, 2014 BOWLES & VERNA LLP

By: /s/ William Nagle . 

Lawrence Goldberg

William Nagle

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

Dated: October 28, 2014 THE HALEY LAW OFFICES, P.C.

LAW OFFICES OF CATHERINE HALEY

By: /s/ Matthew D. Haley .

Matthew D. Haley

Catherine Haley

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

Dated: October 28, 2014 LAW OFFICE OF FULVIO F. CAJINA

By: /s/ Fulvio F. Cajina .

Fulvio F. Cajina

Attorney for Plaintiffs

ORDER

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 29, 2014

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