About three working days after the judge overseeing the case against suspected theater shooter James Holmes released the University of Colorado from many parts of a gag order, the university released a trove of documents that had been requested by the media.

But the newsworthiness of the information is negligible.

The documents released Wednesday afternoon include Holmes’ application for a proximity badge when he became an employee and a student, and logs of each time Holmes used the badge to enter secured buildings on the CU Anschutz Medical Campus.

There are also two photos of Holmes, one taken when he became an employee in the spring of 2011 and one when he started classes in the late summer of 2011.

The documents reveal the day that Holmes turned in his proximity badge — June 15, 2012. And they show that a CU employee checked on July 20, 2012, whether Holmes’ card had indeed been deactivated.

That was the day Holmes is accused of killing 12 people and injuring at least 58 others who were watching a midnight showing of “The Dark Knight Rises” at the Century Aurora 16 theater.

The documents released Wednesday also include details of grant payments to the university by the National Institutes of Health, although the names of all of the students who received grants are redacted. Holmes received a stipend and money from the program, but that information is protected by federal student privacy laws.

Finally, the documents include a list of deliveries made to the university, including two packages that were sent and picked up by Holmes.

University spokeswoman Jacque Montgomery said the packages were “appropriate research materials” but could not elaborate because of student privacy issues.

The university also provided reasons why it cannot release specific information that has been requested by news media after the shooting, saying that some of the matters are protected because they are criminal justice records, some because they are shielded by student privacy rights, and some are “bona fide research projects” that are protected under Colorado’s open records law.

Specifically, the university said it will not release criminal justice records about encounters that Holmes had with CU police; communications by CU police regarding Holmes; search warrants served on CU or used to search CU property; campus police reports, dispatch records or complaints about Holmes; or CU-issued cellphone records of members of CU police.

It also will not release academic records about Holmes, including documents submitted as part of his withdrawal from CU; transcript; course assignments; grades; videos of presentations; communications regarding his education including between Holmes and faculty members or other students; communications among faculty members or other university officials regarding Holmes’ academic record or application for the program; or evaluations or grade reports written by professors.

Jeremy P. Meyer: 303-954-1367, jpmeyer@denverpost.com or twitter.com/jpmeyerdpost