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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 

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TERRI KEYSER-COOPER

Nev. Bar #3984

3365 Southampton Drive

Reno, NV 89509

Tele (775) 337-0323

Pro Hac Vice 

DIANE K. VAILLANCOURT

California Bar #181348

849 Almar Avenue, Suite C403

Santa Cruz, CA 95060

Tele (831) 458-3440

Attorneys for Plaintiff Jeffrey Max Shook

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JEFFREY MAX SHOOK,

Plaintiff,

vs.

TOWN OF TRUCKEE, TRUCKEE POLICE

OFFICERS: OFFICER RYAN MOREAU #6154,

OFFICER MARDISON, OFFICER WALSH,

Defendants.

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Case No. 2:06-cv-02865-MCE-EFB

PROPOSED PROTECTIVE

ORDER; ORDER

For good cause, the Court hereby makes the following findings:

Defendants are seeking production of plaintiff’s tax records, medical records, and

sensitive photographs of plaintiff’s injuries, and plaintiff is seeking the production of the

personnel files of the individual defendants. The parties agree that these sensitive, confidential

records are necessary to this litigation but object to producing these records in the absence of a

protective order. Accordingly, they have entered this stipulated protective order.

This Court finds that these documents may be produced subject to the instant protective

order designed to protect the confidentiality interests cited by the parties.

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Therefore, the Court authorizes defendant Town of Truckee to release to plaintiff:

1. Those portions of the personnel files for individual defendants, Town of Truckee

Law Enforcement Officers Moreau, Mardison, and Walsh, consisting of (to the

extent that they exist) complaints concerning their conduct as law enforcement

officers as specified below, citizen complaints, disciplinary or internal law

enforcement review of their activities as police officers, performance evaluations,

and disciplinary records, except that personal information such as social security

numbers, addresses, phone numbers, medical and insurance information may be

redacted. 

2. With respect to complaints and/or discipline concerning the officers’ conduct,

complaints concerning matters arguably relevant to the claims in this case shall be

released in accordance with this protective order, such as complaints of excessive

force, false arrest, lying, lack of credibility, etc., and, as to complaints deemed by

Town of Truckee to be unrelated, a privilege log shall be provided.

In addition, the Court authorizes plaintiff Jeffrey Shook to provide to the defendants:

(1) Signed HIPAA releases for plaintiff’s medical records as requested by the

defendants in their Request for Production-Set One;

(2) Plaintiff’s income tax records for years 2001 through the present, with social

security numbers redacted;

(3) Photographs of injuries to plaintiff’s posterior alleged to have been caused as a

result of the incident at issue in this case.

The aforementioned information may be released only to:

(1) The Federal Court, as necessary for the conduct of the civil action filed by the

Plaintiff herein. 

(2) Present and future Plaintiffs’ and Defendants’ counsel of record in this federal

civil action and the named parties to this action.

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(3) Any experts hired by the Parties for the purpose of prosecuting or defending the

litigation of the federal civil action. The information release may be used solely

for the purposes of litigation and settlement of this action.

Counsel for the Parties to the federal civil action, prior to release of any information

covered by this Order to their clients, experts, or other persons to whom this Court has allowed

access, shall personally serve a copy of this order on those persons. Anyone who is served by

Counsel is hereby noticed by all of the provisions contained herein, and further is noticed that

any violation of this Order will be grounds for a finding of contempt by this Court.

While this Order allows the release of the information described herein to the persons

authorized herein, the Order may be subject to other limiting or protection orders issued by the

instant Court.

IT IS SO AGREED,

DATED: December 7, 2007

 /s/ Diane K. Vaillancourt 

TERRI KEYSER-COOPER

DIANE K. VAILLANCOURT 

Attorneys for Plaintiff Jeffrey Shook

DATED: December 19, 2007 /s/ Bruce D. Praet 

BRUCE D. PRAET

FERGUSON, PRAET & SHERMAN

Attorneys for Defendants 

IT IS SO ORDERED:

Dated: December 20, 2007

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MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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