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Parties Involved:
David Bailey
Defendant
City of Chico
Defendant
Joseph Rosales
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JOSEPH ROSALES, 

 Plaintiff, 

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CITY OF CHICO; DAVID BAILEY; 

and DOES 1-10 (in their official and/or 

individual capacities, 

 Defendants. 

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U.S.D.C. Case No.: 

2:14-CV-02152-WBS (CMK) 

(Assigned to the Honorable 

William B. Schubb) 

PROTECTIVE ORDER 

REGARDING USE OF CERTAIN 

CHICO POLICE DEPARTMENT 

RECORDS 

GOOD CAUSE HAVING BEEN SHOWN, THE COURT HEREBY ISSUES 

THE FOLLOWING ORDER: 

Plaintiff and Defendants have requested this Court grant a Protective Order 

governing use and disclosure of CERTAIN CHICO POLICE DEPARTMENT 

RECORDS previously requested by Plaintiff in document demands in this action: 

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1. The term “CERTAIN CHICO POLICE DEPARTMENT RECORDS” 

used in this Order are defined as Unredacted copies of the following: 

 Employee Course Hours Report for Officer David Bailey authored by the 

Chico Police Department dated December 14, 2014; 

 Profile Report for Officer David Bailey authored by the Chico Police 

Department dated March 3, 2015; 

 Administrative Review for Complaint involving Joseph Rosales authored by 

Chico Police Chief Kirk Trostle dated August 26, 2014; 

 Memorandum regarding complaint by Bradley Hodges authored by Chico 

Police Lieutenant David Britt dated October 8, 2014; and, 

 Letter regarding actions taken in traffic stop complied with standard law 

enforcement practices authored by Chico Police Captain Kirk Trostle dated 

June 14, 2012. 

2. Good Cause Statement for Protective Order Regarding Peace Officer 

Personnel Records: The parties agree, and the Court finds, that police officers 

have privacy rights in the documents and information contained in their personnel 

files. Redaction is permitted of highly personal and irrelevant confidential 

information regarding the Defendants contained in such personnel files and 

documents, such as, but not limited to, phone numbers, salary information, tax 

return information, social security information, dates of birth, home addresses, 

names of family members, non-police related occupational and education 

information, personal injury and workers’ compensation information. The parties 

agree, and the Court finds, that other information contained in the CERTAIN 

CHICO POLICE DEPARTMENT RECORDS, may be relevant to certain claims 

and defenses raised by the parties in this litigation. Therefore, the parties agree, 

and the Court finds, that good cause exists to ensure that the disclosure of such 

documents in this litigation be covered by a confidentiality and protective order to 

preserve the officer’s rights to privacy as to said information. 

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3. Plaintiff and his attorneys in this action are expressly prohibited from 

using or disclosing the CERTAIN CHICO POLICE RECORDS obtained pursuant 

to this Order for any purpose other than the evaluation of the claims and defenses 

in this action, and for the development, preparation, and presentation of Plaintiff’s 

claims in the present action. Defendants may also use and disclose the identified 

records for evaluation of the claims and defenses in this action, and for the 

development, preparation, and presentation of Defendants’ defenses in the present 

action. However, Defendants may also continue to use and disclose the identified 

records as Defendants and/or the Chico Police Department would need to use and 

disclose them in the ordinary course of business and/or for any other present or 

future litigation (criminal, civil, and/or administrative) and/or personnel matters in 

which the records may need to be used or disclosed. 

4. Additionally, the CERTAIN CHICO POLICE RECORDS obtained 

pursuant to this Order, shall not be provided to news media, television, or radio, or 

placed on the Internet. 

5. Defendants may redact highly personal and irrelevant confidential 

information regarding the Defendants contained in such personnel files and 

documents, such as, but not limited to, phone numbers, salary information, tax 

return information, social security information, dates of birth, home addresses, 

names of family members, non-police related occupational and education 

information, personal injury and workers’ compensation information. 

6. Such permitted use includes disclosure of the CERTAIN CHICO 

POLICE RECORDS to the following described persons or entities in 

the course of this action, all of whom shall be advised of the requirements of this 

stipulation and the obligation for them to also comply with the protective order: 

a. The parties’ attorneys of record in this action, and members of the 

paralegal, secretarial, and clerical staff employed or retained by the parties’ 

attorneys of record and assisting in connection with this action. 

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b. Members of the data entry and data processing staff employed or 

retained by the parties’ attorneys of record and assisting in the development or use 

of data retrieval systems in connection with this action. 

c. Court reporters employed by a party holding depositions to transcribe 

the testimony produced in any depositions necessitated by this action. Every court 

reporter shall separately bind transcript exhibits consisting of any of the CERTAIN 

CHICO POLICE RECORDS and shall place on the first page of each such bound 

portion the following legend: 

This transcript contains documents designated confidential pursuant to 

the Protective Order Regarding Use of Certain Chico Police 

Department Records in the case of Rosales v. City of Chico, et al., 

United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, 

Case Number Case No. 2:14-CV-02152 WBS (CMK). These 

documents are not to be disclosed to anyone to whom their disclosure 

is not expressly permitted by said protective order. 

d. Expert witnesses retained by the parties either for consultation in the 

course of preparation of their claims or defenses for trial and/or for use by such 

expert witnesses in the preparation of their testimony for deposition or trial and for 

giving actual testimony. 

e. Those members of the Chico Police Department (including said 

agency’s Staff Attorneys assigned to handle this litigation) and/or other City 

agencies, entities, or officials who must be consulted on settlement offers or 

negotiations. 

f. Those personnel employed by copy services and exhibit production 

service companies that may be hired by the parties’ counsel to duplicate documents 

and/or to prepare trial exhibits in this action. 

g. Jury consultants hired by the parties to assist in the trial of this matter. 

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h. A mutually-agreed-upon mediator retained by the parties’ attorneys of 

record. 

7. All documents subject to this stipulation shall be marked “Confidential.” 

8. If any papers to be filed with the Court have been marked “Confidential,” 

the proposed filing shall be accompanied by an application pursuant to Eastern 

District Local Rule 141 to file the papers or the portion thereof containing the 

designated information (if such portion is segregable) under seal. Such application 

shall be directed to the judge to whom the papers are directed. For motions, the 

parties shall file a redacted version of the motion and supporting papers. 

Regardless of any stipulation by the parties or the fact that documents have been 

marked “Confidential,” the Court will make the determination, on a document-bydocument basis, whether there is good cause for documents submitted by the 

parties in connection with filings or at trial to be kept under seal. 

9. Nothing herein shall be construed as a concession as to the admissibility 

of such items herein disclosed, and the parties may reserve the right to seek 

exclusion of any such items or the information contained therein in limine or 

during trial. 

10. At the conclusion of this action (which will be the point at which a final 

judgment has been rendered and all appellate avenues of relief by any parties have 

been exhausted), Plaintiff and his attorneys of record are ordered to either: (1) 

return all copies of the CERTAIN CHICO POLICE RECORDS to counsel for 

Defendants, or (2) destroy all copies of the records. This Order does not require 

destruction of the originals of such records as they are kept and used in the 

ordinary course of business by Defendants and the Chico Police Department. 

11. The Court may modify the Protective Order in the interests of justice or 

for public policy reasons. 

12. Defendant shall produce to Plaintiff’s counsel all records covered 

hereby within 30 days of the issuance of the Protective Order. 

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13. This Stipulation and Order shall survive the conclusion of this action, 

including any appeals, to the extent that information comprising or contained in 

Confidential Material does not become public. The Court shall retain jurisdiction 

to resolve any dispute concerning compliance with the terms and conditions of this 

Order, including any alleged violation thereof. 

IT IS SO ORDERED: 

Dated: April 24, 2015 

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4849-3279-7219, v. 2 

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