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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Federal Question: Other Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MICHAEL HUEY, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

CITY OF VALLEJO, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:13-cv-0916-JAM-KJN

ORDER

Presently pending before the court is plaintiff Michael Huey’s motion to compel further 

responses by defendant City of Vallejo to certain requests for production of documents and 

interrogatories. (ECF No. 30.) The motion, as well as the parties’ joint statement pursuant to 

Local Rule 251, was filed on November 14, 2013, and came on for hearing before the 

undersigned on December 5, 2013. At the hearing, Dean Royer appeared telephonically on behalf 

of plaintiff Michael Huey and Kelly Trujillo appeared in person on behalf of defendants. 

After considering the joint statement, the parties’ oral argument, applicable law, the 

agreement of the parties, and for the reasons stated on the record at the hearing, IT IS HEREBY 

ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff Michael Huey’s motion to compel (ECF No. 30) is GRANTED IN PART 

along the terms outlined in this order.

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2. As to Request for Production of Documents (“RFP) No. 10, the City of Vallejo shall

produce, pursuant to an appropriate protective order, any citizen complaints filed in 

the last five (5) years concerning excessive force or dishonesty against defendants 

Kevin Bartlett and Jeremy Huff.

3. As to RFP Nos. 4, 6, 9, 12, and 19, the City of Vallejo shall produce pursuant to an 

appropriate protective order: (a) incident reports for any other incidents where a City 

of Vallejo police officer shot a civilian resulting in a fatality1from January 1, 2011, to 

the present; and (b) either any civilian complaints filed regarding those incidents or 

any other documents disputing the involved officer’s version of events (by way of 

example only, any internal affairs documents that may question the involved officer’s 

account of the particular incident). The City of Vallejo may replace the names of the 

involved officers and civilians with unique identifiers and redact badge numbers and 

other identifying information.2

4. As to RFP No. 17, plaintiff’s motion to compel is denied.3

5. As to Interrogatory No. 9, the City of Vallejo shall provide a brief response indicating 

(a) the number of incidents where a City of Vallejo police officer shot a civilian 

resulting in a fatality from January 1, 2011, to the present; (b) the dates of those 

 

1 Although some of the RFPs also appear to seek documents related to shootings not involving a 

fatality, counsel for plaintiff Huey agreed at the hearing to limit his request to those officercivilian shootings involving fatalities. 

2 At this juncture, the court does not order the City of Vallejo to produce these other officers’ 

complete internal investigations files or the entire universe of citizen complaints regarding 

excessive force or dishonesty filed against such officers (except for portions that may relate to the 

particular fatal shooting incident). Moreover, the court does not order the production of these 

other officers’ individual training records. If, after a review of the initial production pursuant to 

this order, the parties agree that a particular fatal shooting incident may be relevant to plaintiffs’ 

claims, the parties shall meet and confer regarding the production of any appropriate training 

records, portions of internal investigation files, and other citizen complaints involving excessive 

force or dishonesty concerning the particular officers. 

 

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Plaintiff Huey has not articulated why the entire personnel files, including psychological 

evaluations, background checks, and miscellaneous human resources matters, of officers involved 

in other fatal shootings are relevant to plaintiffs’ systemic failure-to-train Monell claim.

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incidents; and (c) the documents (identified by Bates number ranges) produced 

regarding each incident. 

6. The parties shall meet and confer and promptly submit an appropriate proposed 

stipulated protective order for the court’s review and signature, pursuant to which the 

documents subject to this order may be produced. Any proposed stipulated protective 

order shall comply with the applicable Local Rules with respect to protective orders 

and sealing of documents. 

7. The City of Vallejo shall provide the applicable documents and responses within 45 

days of this order, unless the parties otherwise stipulate to a reasonable extension. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: December 6, 2013

 

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