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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. 

 Case No.: 2:13-CV-01072-JAM-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, any of said records 

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disclosed are subject to a protective order (and designated as “Confidential Material”) as follows: 

1. The documents identified in Defendants’ Initial Disclosure Statement (FRCP §26(a)), in 

paragraph B thereof, including the following: 

a. Crime Report 1211085 and all supplements 

b. Crime Scene Log 

c. VPD Dispatch Transcript 

d. Recorded interviews including transcripts and audio recordings 

e. Johnson and Romero Criminal History Reports 

f. All City of Vallejo Department’s policy and procedure manuals, training manuals, 

training and procedure memorandum and bulletins, and all other documents which set 

forth Department operational, training and tactical policy and procedure, including 

but not limited to, to, those documents. 

g. Recordings of all communications between any officers involved in the incident or 

the investigation of the incident with dispatch or each other. 

h. CAD report 

 2. Confidential material may not be disclosed except as set forth in paragraphs 3- 5. 

 3. 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; 

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 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; and 

 h. Parties to this action. 

 i. The parties agree that at the time of trial Defendants may seek orders from 

the Court to prevent confidential materials disclosed during 

discovery from being made public during a jury trial. 

 4. 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 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, D. Joseph, S. Kenney and J. Kreins 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 event 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. 

 5. 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. 

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 6. Any document filed with the Court that reveals Confidential Material shall be filed under 

seal, labeled with a cover sheet as follows: “Johnson v. City of Vallejo, et al., United States District 

Court, Eastern District, Case No.: 2:13-CV-01072-JAM-KJN. This document is subject to a protective 

order issued by the Court and may not be copied or examined except in compliance with that order.” 

Documents so labeled shall be kept by the Clerk under seal and shall be made available only to the 

Court or counsel. Upon failure of the party to so file a document under seal, the producing party may 

request that the Court place the filing under seal. 

 7. 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. 

 8. 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 of documents or 

modification of this order or for any order permitting disclosure of Confidential Materials beyond the 

terms of this order. 

 9. Documents produced subject to this Protective Order shall be unredacted copies with the 

exception of personal address, telephone number, social security number or any other personal 

identifying information, other than names, of any Defendant or other City of Vallejo employee. 

Dated: November 22, 2013 CITY ATTORNEY 

 By: /s/ Kelly J. Trujillo 

 CLAUDIA QUINTANA 

 KELLY TRUJILLO 

 Attorneys for Defendants City of Vallejo, 

 D. Joseph, S. Kenney and J. Kreins 

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Dated: November 22, 2013 JONES & DYER 

 By: /s/ Mark. A. Jones . 

 MARK A. JONES 

 KRISTEN K. PRESTON 

 Attorneys for Defendants City of Vallejo, 

 D. Joseph, S. Kenney and J. Kreins 

Dated: November 22, 2013 BOWLES & VERNA LLP 

 By: /s/ Lawrence D. Goldberg . 

 MICHAEL P. VERNA 

LAWRENCE D. GOLDBERG 

 Attorney for Plaintiffs 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 

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ORDER 

 The Court having considered the foregoing stipulation of the parties, and good cause appearing, 

the Court hereby orders that the above-described records relating to this matter, as more specifically 

described in Paragraph 1 of the Stipulation, be subject to a protective order fully incorporating the 

provisions set forth above. 

 PURSUANT TO THE STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: November 22, 2013 /s/ John A. Mendez________ __________ 

 John A. Mendez 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE 

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