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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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Vanessa W. Vallarta, City Attorney, #142404 

OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY 

CITY OF SALINAS 

200 Lincoln Avenue 

Salinas, CA 93901 

Telephone: (831) 758-7256 

Facsimile: (831) 758-7257 

Vincent P. Hurley #111215 

Douglas F. Young #84531 

LAW OFFICES OF VINCENT P. HURLEY 

A Professional Corporation 

38 Seascape Village 

Aptos, CA 95003 

Telephone: (831) 661-4800 

Facsimile: (831) 661-4804 

Attorneys for Defendants

CITY OF SALINAS, SALINAS POLICE DEPARTMENT,

MICHAEL RODDEN, WILLIAM GASTON, IAN TITUS,

JEFFREY ALFORD, STEPHEN CRAIG, and DANIEL ORTEGA 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN JOSE DIVISION 

JEFFREY LOUIS DANNEMILLER, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

CITY OF SALINAS, SALINAS POLICE 

DEPARTMENT OFFICERS MICHAEL 

RODDEN (#75344), WILLIAM GASTON 

(#30482), IAN TITUS (#84685), (fnu) 

ALFORD (bnu), (fnu) CRAIG (bnu), 

VARIOUS DOE OFFICERS, CHIEF 

DANIEL ORTEGA, VARIOUS DOE 

SUPERVISORY OFFICERS, AND 

VARIOUS DOE CITY OFFICIALS, in both 

their individual and official capacities, 

Defendants. 

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Case No. C-06-03293 JW (RS) 

[PROPOSED] STIPULATED 

PROTECTIVE ORDER GOVERNING 

CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL 

[Proposed] Stipulated Protective Order Case No. C-06-03293 JW (RS) 

*E-FILED 4/13/07*

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Plaintiff JEFFREY LOUIS DANNEMILLER and Defendants CITY OF SALINAS, 

SALINAS POLICE DEPARTMENT, SALINAS POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICERS 

MICHAEL RODDEN, WILLIAM GASTON, IAN TITUS, JEFFREY ALFORD, STEPHEN 

CRAIG and CHIEF OF POLICE DANIEL ORTEGA (collectively “the Parties”) by and through 

their respective undersigned counsel, hereby stipulate and agree to the request for, and entry of, 

the following Protective Order: 

GOOD CAUSE APPEARING, the parties stipulate, through their attorneys of record, to 

the entry of an order as follows: 

1. The following procedures shall be employed and the following terms, conditions, 

and restrictions shall govern with respect to all discovery produced and disclosed by parties in 

this proceeding, including all information contained in writings and documents (as broadly 

defined by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 34), video and audio recordings, deposition 

testimony, deposition exhibits, interrogatory responses, and other written, recorded, or graphic 

matters including electronic databases (the “Discovery Material”). 

2. This Confidentiality Order shall govern all Discovery Material containing 

information that the designating or producing party considers in good faith to be or to contain 

Confidential Material, and such designating or producing party shall be stamped or otherwise 

designate such Discovery Material “Confidential”. 

3. Such Confidential Material shall include, without limitation all Discovery 

Material which is marked “Confidential” and: contains peace officer personnel information; 

Discovery Material related to any complaints or claims made against or about any employee of 

the City of Salinas (the “City”) produced by Defendants; Discovery Material related to personnel 

records of any City employee produced by Defendants and squad assignments or rosters and 

memoranda related thereto produced by Defendants. 

4. A party may challenge the opposing party’s designation of requested discovery 

material as confidential by engaging in a meet and confer process (in writing or orally), with 

opposing counsel, indicating which information the challenging party believes does not warrant a 

confidentiality designation. The challenging party must then explain the basis for the challenge 

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and try to persuade the opposing party to change its position. If that direct effort at persuasion 

fails and the party seeking protection refuses to accept disclosure pursuant to the Stipulated 

Protective Order, the challenging party should turn to the Court by filing a focused motion to 

compel. 

5. Any Confidential Material produced in this action, including the information 

contained therein, and any summaries, copies, abstracts or other documents derived in whole or 

in part from such information shall be used only for the prosecution, defense or settlement of this 

action. Except by order of the Court, material produced or disclosed in this case shall not be 

used by any party other than the party providing documents (“Producing Party”) for any other 

purpose, including, without limitation, any business or commercial purpose. Any party receiving 

documents (“Receiving Party”), agrees to inform the Producing Party in the event a third-party 

requests Confidential Material from the Receiving Party. 

6. Confidential Material shall be made available only to the Parties; counsel of 

record engaged for the preparation for trial or any other proceeding in this action, including 

attorneys, secretaries, paralegals, and all other staff of such counsel; consultants and experts 

retained by the Parties or their counsel to consult or testify in the case; and other deponents or 

trial witnesses whom counsel in good faith believe may serve as fact witnesses either at 

deposition or trial and whose testimony requires that Confidential Material be disclosed to such 

witnesses. 

7. The persons receiving such documents or information shall use them solely for 

the purpose of this litigation. Confidential Material may be disclosed to persons only to the 

extent necessary for the preparation or trial of this case. Confidential Material shall not be 

disclosed directly or indirectly to any other person other than as provided in this Order, except by 

agreement of the Producing Party. Unauthorized disclosure of the substance, a summary, or any 

portion of a confidential document constitutes a violation of this Order. 

8. In the event that any Confidential Material is disclosed to anyone beyond the 

scope of that permitted by this Order, whether by agreement or subsequent order, each person 

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receiving such disclosure shall be shown a copy of this Order and shall sign a statement agreeing 

to be bound by this Order. This Order is enforceable in contempt proceedings. 

9. Any briefs, transcripts, exhibits, depositions, or documents which are filed or 

lodged with the Court which comprise, embody, summarize, discuss, or quote from Confidential 

Material shall be lodged and/or filed under seal consistent with the procedures outlined in Local 

Rule 79-5, unless the Court otherwise orders. 

10. Nothing in this Order shall be deemed to: (1) limit or waive any right of any 

party to resist or compel discovery with respect to documents or other material which may be 

claimed to be privileged or otherwise protected or protectable; (2) preclude any party at any time 

from seeking and obtaining from the court, on an appropriate showing, additional protection, 

including an order that material shall not be produced at all; or (3) constitute a ruling on the 

admissibility of any documents or other material as evidence in this action. 

11. All documents covered by this Order and copies thereof will be destroyed or 

returned to the Producing Party at the termination of this litigation. On final disposition of this 

case, the Receiving Party’s counsel shall within one month after the final disposition of this case, 

without request or further order of this Court, and if not already destroyed, return all Information 

to the Producing Party’s counsel of record in this matter. The provisions of this Order, insofar as 

they restrict the communication and use of the documents or information covered by this Order, 

shall, without written permission of the Producing Party or further order of the court, continue to 

be binding after the conclusion of the action. 

12. Should the Receiving Party fail to comply with this agreement, such party and its 

counsel may be liable for all costs associated with enforcing this agreement, including but not 

limited to all attorney fees in amounts to be determined by the court. 

13. The parties agree to submit to the jurisdiction of this Court if any dispute arises 

over their use of the information. The Court’s jurisdiction to enforce the terms of this Order 

shall extend six months after the final termination of the action. 

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14. Nothing in this agreement shall prevent a Receiving Party from seeking a court 

order challenging the confidential material designation by the Producing Party of these 

documents. 

Dated: April 13, 2007 

LAW OFFICES OF DENNIS CUNNINGHAM

By: /s/ 

W. GORDON KAUPP 

Attorneys for Plaintiff JEFFREY LOUIS 

DANNEMILLER 

Dated: April 13, 2007 

LAW OFFICES OF VINCENT P. HURLEY 

A Professional Corporation 

By: /s/ 

 DOUGLAS F. YOUNG 

Attorneys for Defendants CITY OF SALINAS, 

SALINAS POLICE DEPARTMENT, MICHAEL 

RODDEN, WILLIAM GASTON, IAN TITUS, 

JEFFREY ALFORD, STEPHEN CRAIG, and 

DANIEL ORTEGA 

Dated: April 13, 2007 

VANESSA W. VALLARTA, City Attorney 

JESSICA K. STEINBERG, Deputy City Attorney 

By: /s/ 

 VANESSA W. VALLARTA 

Office of the City Attorney for the City of Salinas

ORDER

Upon good cause shown, the above Stipulation of the parties is hereby approved and 

made the Order of this Court. 

Dated: 

By: 

 The Honorable Richard Seeborg

United States District Court Judge 

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