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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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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER REGARDING PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS 

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JAMES V. FITZGERALD, III, Esq./ State Bar # 55632

NOAH G. BLECHMAN, Esq./ State Bar # 197167

McNAMARA, DODGE, NEY, BEATTY, SLATTERY, PFALZER, 

BORGES & BROTHERS LLP

1211 Newell Avenue, P.O. Box 5288

Walnut Creek, CA 94596

Telephone: (925) 939-5330

Facsimile: (925) 939-0203

Attorneys for Defendants CITY OF VALLEJO; ROBERT NICHELINI; 

JASON POTTS; AND JEREMY PATZER

MARK A. JONES, Esq./ State Bar # 96494

JENNIFER C. COMILANG, Esq./ State Bar # 210158

JONES & DYER

1800 J Street

Sacramento, CA 95814

Telephone: (916) 552-5959

Facsimile: (916) 442-5959

Attorneys for Defendant ERIC JENSEN

JOHN L. BURRIS, Esq./ State Bar # 69888

LAW OFFICES OF JOHN L. BURRIS

7677 Oakport Street, Suite 1120

Oakland, CA 94621

Telephone: (510) 839-5200

Facsimile: (510) 839-3882

GAYLA B. LIBET, Esq./ State Bar # 109173

LAW OFFICES OF GAYLA B. LIBET

486 41st Street, # 3

Oakland, CA 94609

Telephone and Facsimile: (510) 420-0324

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JASON EUGENE DEOCAMPO; No. 2:06-CV-01283-WBS-GGH

JESUS SEBASTIAN GRANT; and 

JAQUEZS TYREE BERRY, STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER REGARDING

 PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS ALLEGED

 Plaintiffs, TO BE CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR PRIVILEGED 

 BY DEFENDANTS 

vs. 

 

CITY OF VALLEJO, a municipal corporation; 

ROBERT NICHELINI, in his capacity as Chief of 

Police for the CITY OF VALLEJO; JASON POTTS, 

individually, and in his capacity as a Vallejo police 

officer; JEREMY PATZER, individually, and in his 

capacity as a Vallejo police officer; ERIC JENSEN, 

individually, and in his capacity as a Vallejo police 

officer; and, DOES 1 through 25, inclusive, 

 Defendants. /

 IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED between the parties to this action, by and through their

respective counsel, as follows: 

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 I. Pursuant to the Court’s Orders of 5-14-07, and 6-1-07 (after in camera review of documents

produced by defendants with objections) regarding production of documents alleged to be

confidential and/or privileged by defendants, defendants will produce the following documents to

plaintiffs by June 6, 2007, which are responsive to plaintiffs’ written discovery, as follows:

 (A) In response to Plaintiffs’ Amended Request for Production of Documents to Defendant City

of Vallejo, Numbers 1-8, served on 3-20-07; and, Plaintiffs’ Special Interrogatories to Defendant

City of Vallejo, Numbers 4, 5, and 6, served on 1-8-07, defendants will produce to plaintiffs the

following documents:

 Internal Affairs File Underlying This Action (#2003-06): 

 Except for a portion of that file that refers to individuals who are not parties to this action, a 19

page report located near the end of this I.A. file, which is dated “3/31/2003: 13:00:51", on the first

page, and which contains CLETS information regarding the plaintiff in this case, but also identifes

non-parties. Defendants shall redact any identifying information of individuals not parties to this

action from this report and then produce the entirety of I.A. file #2003-06;

 (B) In response to Plaintiffs’ Amended Request for Production of Documents to Defendant City

of Vallejo, Numbers 9 and 13, served on 3-20-07; Plaintiffs’ Request for Production of Documents

to Defendant City of Vallejo, Numbers 16-20, served on 1-8-07; and, Plaintiffs’ Special

Interrogatories to Defendant City of Vallejo, Numbers 2, 11, and 12, served on 1-8-07, defendants

will produce to plaintiffs the following documents:

 Training Logs: 

 Documents identified as training logs for named defendant police officers Jeremy Patzer, Jason

Potts, and Eric Jensen shall be produced in full;

 (C) In response to Plaintiffs’ Amended Request for Production of Documents to Defendant City

of Vallejo, Numbers 10, 13, and 14, served on 3-20-07; and, Plaintiffs’ Special Interrogatories to

Defendant City of Vallejo, Numbers 2, 4, 6, and 7, served on 1-8-07, defendants will produce to

plaintiffs the following documents:

 Personnel Files: 

 The following portions of the personnel files of named defendant police officers Jeremy Patzer,

Jason Potts, and Eric Jensen: Performance Reports for Jeremy Patzer, dated 7-23-04 through 

7-23-05; and dated 7-23-03 through 7-23-04; Counseling Memo for Jeremy Patzer, dated 8-26-05;

Performance Report for Jason Potts, dated 12-4-03 through 12-4-04; Performance Report for Eric

Jensen, dated 5-6-03 through 5-6-04;

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 (D) In response to Plaintiffs’ Amended Request for Production of Documents to Defendant City

of Vallejo, Numbers 10, 11, 12, and 14, served on 3-20-07; and, Plaintiffs’ Amended Special

Interrogatories, Number 6, served on 3-20-07, defendants will produce to plaintiffs the following

documents:

 Other Citizen Complaints and Internal Affairs Investigations: 

 Files numbered # 2002-28 (Citizen Complaint); # 2002-16 (Internal Affairs Investigation); and 

# 2003-03 (Internal Affairs Investigation), involve allegations of excessive force for incidents

which occurred close in time to the subject incident at issue in this case. Therefore, they are

relevant files and shall be produced;

 II. The parties agree that, by no later than June 20, 2007, which is within fourteen (14) days

after plaintiffs’ counsel’s received the above-referenced documents on June 6, 2007, pursuant to

Order issued by Judge Holloway of June 1, 2007, plaintiffs may seek additional documents and

tangible items referenced in such production of documents;

 The term “document” means: Any written, printed, typed, recorded or graphic matter, whether

in draft form or otherwise, including but not limited to: memoranda, reports, notes, correspondence,

employment records, contracts, agreements, cancelled or uncancelled checks, tapes, photographs, or

other audio or video recordings;

 III. Plaintiffs and defendants, by and through their respective counsel of record, hereby further

stipulate to the entry of the following terms regarding the disclosure and production of the abovereferenced categories of documents, ordered produced by Judge Hollows, after in camera review:

 (A) 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;

 (B) Confidential documents shall be so designated by stamping copies of documents produced

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

cover of any multi-page documents shall designate all pages of the document or document package

as confidential, unless otherwise indicated by the producing party;

 (C ) 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

prosecution, defense, or settlement of this action, and for no other purpose. Plaintiffs and their

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counsel and agents shall not disclose, release, or otherwise publish any confidential material except

as necessary in this litigation;

 (D) Confidential material produced pursuant to this Stipulated Protective Order may be

disclosed or made available only to the Court; parties in this action; counsel for parties in this action

(including the paralegal, clerical, and secretarial staff employed by such counsel), and to the

“qualified persons” designated below, but only pertaining to issues and parties involved in 

this action:

 1. Experts or consultants (together with their clerical staff) retained by counsel for the

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

 2. Court reporters employed in this action;

 3. Witnesses at any deposition or proceedings in this action, other than the defendant police

officers; and,

 4. Any other person as to whom the parties mutually agree, in writing.

 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 is attached and which shall be maintained by the counsel who is providing the

materials;

 (E) The portion of any depositions in which confidential materials are discussed shall be taken

only in the presence of qualified persons, as defined above, and may be designated confidential and

privileged in this action, per the agreement of all relevant counsel;

 (F) 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 by any party of any confidential information shall not be either an

admission or claim that the information is private, confidential, proprietary, and/or a trade secret, as

asserted by the propounding party, nor an admission with respect to the authenticity, competency,

relevance, or materiality thereof; 

 (G) Exhibits or other documents that are designated by the parties as Confidential shall be

lodged under seal with a showing of “good cause” to the Court. If the filing party believes that

Confidential Information is necessary to adjudicate the matter, the filing party must file the

document with the Court in a sealed envelope with the following label:

“Confidential Information Filed Under Seal Pursuant to Protective Order

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Jason DeOcampo, et al. v. City of Vallejo, et al., Action No. CV-01283-WBS-GGH”

 After the filing party has conditionally lodged the Confidential Information under seal with the

Court, any party or non-party with an interest in maintaining the confidentiality of the Information

or material identified as “Confidential” may file a motion to seal pursuant to Local Rule 79-5. 

Any motion to seal must be heard prior to or at the same time as the related motion or matter. 

The parties agree that any motion to seal may be brought on shortened time with permission and/or

leave from the Court. If no explicit assertion is made, or if no motion to seal is filed, the lodged

Confidential documents will lose their confidentiality designation and may be treated as 

Non-Confidential under this Order.

 (H) 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 F.R.C.P. Rule 26(c ) for a separate protective order

as to any particular document or information, including restrictions different from those as specified

herein; or;

 3. Make in any future application for modification of this Order;

 (I) Prior to hearing or testimony before the Court in this case, the parties, in the event that it is

known reasonably in advance of such hearing or testimony that matters involving Confidential

Information will be raised, shall so advise the Court;

 (J) Nothing in this Order, nor the production of any information or document under the terms of

this Order, shall be deemed to have the effect 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 of altering any existing right or obligation of any party or absence thereof; 

 (K) 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

to the extent that the Court shall retain jurisdiction to resolve any dispute concerning the use of

information disclosed hereunder. Within thirty (30) days of the dismissal or entry of final judgment

in this action, whichever occurs first, plaintiffs and their counsel shall return to counsel for

defendant City of Vallejo, at its business address, 1211 Newell Avenue, Walnut Creek, CA 94596,

all confidential materials and any and all copies thereof;

 (L) Violations of this Protective Order may subject the violator and/or the violating party and/or

their counsel to monetary and/or evidentiary sanctions per Order of the Court; and,

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 (M) All documents ordered produced by Magistrate Judge Gregory G. Hollows’ Order of

June 1, 2007 were produced to plaintiffs’ counsel on June 6, 2007.

 LAW OFFICES OF GAYLA B. LIBET

Dated: By: 

 GAYLA B. LIBET, Esq.

 Attorneys for Plaintiffs

 LAW OFFICES OF JOHN L. BURRIS

Dated: By: 

 JOHN L. BURRIS, Esq.

 Attorneys for Plaintiffs

 McNAMARA, DODGE,NEY, BEATTY, SLATTERY, 

 PFALZER, BORGES & BROTHERS LLP

Dated: By: 

 JAMES V. FITZGERALD, III, Esq. 

 NOAH BLECHMAN, Esq.

 Attorneys for Defendants, CITY OF VALLEJO;

 ROBERT NICHELINI; JASON POTTS; and, 

 JEREMY PATZER

 JONES & DYER

Dated: By: 

 MARK A. JONES, Esq.

 Attorneys for Defendant, ERIC JENSEN

ORDER

 PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 7/12/07 /s/ Gregory G. Hollows 

 U.S. Magistrate Judge

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ATTACHMENT “A”

NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT

 I, , do solemnly swear, that I

am fully familiar with the terms of the Stipulated Protective Order entered in Jason DeOcampo, et

al. v. City of Vallejo, et al., Action No. CV-01283-WBS-GGH, and hereby agree to comply with

and be bound by the terms and conditions of this Stipulated Protective Order, unless and until

modified by further Order of this Court. I hereby consent to the jurisdiction of this Court for the

purpose of enforcing this Stipulated Protective Order.

Dated: Signature: 

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