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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1343 Violation of Civil Rights

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28 Case No. 2:07-CV-01348-LEW-EFB STIPULATED

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FREDERICK G. SOLEY

City Attorney, SBN 100270

ALESIA JONES-MARTIN

Assistant City Attorney, SBN 154420 

CITY OF VALLEJO, City Hall

555 Santa Clara Street, Third Floor

P.O. Box 3068

Vallejo, CA 94590

(707) 648-4545 FAX: (707) 648-4687

Attorney for Defendants, CITY OF VALLEJO, ROBERT NICHELINI, G. MARCUS, T. NICHOLS,

and J. POTTS

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, SACRAMENTO DIVISION

JASON DEOCAMPO, )

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Plaintiff, )

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v. )

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CITY OF VALLEJO; ROBERT )

NICHELINI; G. MARCUS; )

T. NICHOLS; J. POTTS; and )

DOES 1-100, inclusive, )

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Defendants. )

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Case No. 2:07-CV-01348-LEW-EFB

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

REGARDING USE OF VALLEJO POLICE

DEPARTMENT RECORDS

 Counsel for Plaintiff and counsel for Defendants agree that the following categories of

documents pertaining to Defendants Marcus, Nichols and Potts will be produced pursuant to Stipulated

Protective Order: (1) Documents relating to training; (2) documents relating to appraisal and discipline;

(3) documents relating to education and employee advancement; and (4) documents relating to

complaints and investigations of excessive force, racial animus, discourteousness or use of profanity.

Plaintiff Jason DeOcampo and Defendants Marcus, Nichols and Potts, by and through their respective

counsel of record, hereby stipulate to the entry of the following Stipulated Protective Order regarding

the disclosure of the above stated documents:

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1. The documents produced pursuant to this Stipulated Protective Order are confidential.

Confidential information is information which has not been made public and is privileged and

confidential and protected from public disclosure under applicable law.

2. Confidential documents shall be so designated by stamping copies of the documents

produced to a party with the legend “CONFIDENTIAL.” Stamping the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” on

the cover of any multi-page document shall designate all pages of the document as confidential, unless

otherwise indicated by the producing party.

3. Material designated as confidential under this order, the information contained therein,

and any summaries, copies, abstracts, or documents derived in whole or in part from materials

designated as confidential (hereinafter “confidential material”)shall be used only for the purpose of the

prosecution, defense, or settlement of this action and for no other purpose. Plaintiff and his counsel and

agents shall not disclose, release or otherwise publish any confidential material except as necessary in

this litigation.

4. Confidential material produced pursuant to this Order may be disclosed or made available

only to the court, to a party to this action, to counsel for a party (including the paralegal, clerical, and

secretarial staff employed by such counsel), and to the “qualified persons” designated below:

A. Experts or consultants (together with their clerical staff) retained by such counsel to

assist in the prosecution, defense or settlement of this action;

B. Court reporters employed in this action;

C. A witness at any deposition or proceedings in this action other than the subject officers;

and 

D. Any other person as to whom the parties in writing agree.

Prior to receiving any confidential material, each “qualified person” shall be provided with a

copy of this Order and shall execute a non-disclosure agreement in the form of Attachment A, a copy

of which shall be maintained by the counsel who is providing the materials.

5. The portion of any deposition in which confidential materials are discussed shall be taken

only in the presence of qualified persons, as defined above.

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6. Nothing herein shall impose any restrictions on the use or disclosure by a party of

material obtained by such party independent of discovery in this action, whether or not such material

is also obtained through discovery in this action, or from disclosing its own confidential material as it

deems appropriate. Receipt byanypartyof anyconfidential information shall not be either an admission

or claim that the information is private, confidential, proprietary, and/or trade secret, as asserted by the

propounding party, nor an admission with respect to the authenticity, competency, relevance or

materiality thereof.

7. This Order shall be without prejudice to the right of the parties to: (1) Bring before the

Court at any time the question of whether any particular document or information is confidential or

whether its use shall be restricted; or (2) present a motion to the Court under Federal Rule of Civil

Procedure 26(c) for a separate protective order as to any particular document or information, including

restrictions different from those as specified herein. This Order shall not be deemed to prejudice the

parties in any way in any future application for modification of this Order. 

8. Nothing in this Order northe production of any information or document under the terms

of this Order, shall be deemed to have the affect of an admission or waiver of objections or privileges

by either party or of altering the confidentiality or non-confidentiality of any such document or

information or altering any existing right or obligation of any party or the absence thereof.

9. This Order shall survive the final termination of this action, to the extent that the

information contained in confidential material is not and does not become known to the public and the

Court shall retain jurisdiction to resolve any dispute concerning the use of information disclosed

hereunder. Within ninety (90) days of the dismissal or entry of final judgment in this action, whichever

first occurs, Plaintiff and his counsel shall return to counsel for Defendants at its business address, 555

Santa Clara Street, P.O. Box 3068, Vallejo, California 94590, all confidential materials and any and all

copies thereof.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

DATED: 12/11/07 /s/ - Alesia Jones-Martin 

ALESIA JONES-MARTIN

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Assistant City Attorney

Attorney for Defendants

CITY OF VALLEJO, et al.

DATED: 12/11/07 /s/ - Benjamin Nisenbaum 

BENJAMIN NISENBAUM

Attorney for Plaintiff 

JASON DEOCAMPO

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: December 12, 2007

/s/ Ronald S. W. Lew_______________

HONORABLE RONALD S.W. LEW

Judge of the United States District Court

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