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Nature of Suit Code: 365
Nature of Suit: Personal Injury - Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Fraud

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER STAYING CASE PENDING APPEALS

Backus v. ConAgra Foods, Inc., No. 3:16-cv-00454-WHA

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A. Brooks Gresham (SBN 155954)

McGuireWoods LLP

1800 Century Park East, 8th Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90067-1501

Telephone: 310.315.8200

Facsimile: 310.315.8210

bgresham@mcguirewoods.com

R. Trent Taylor (Pro Hac Vice)

McGuireWoods LLP

800 East Canal Street

Richmond, VA 23219-3916

Telephone: 804.775.1182

Facsimile: 804.225.5409

rtaylor@mcguirewoods.com

Attorneys for Defendant ConAgra Foods, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

TROY BACKUS, on behalf of himself 

and all others similarly situated

Plaintiff,

vs.

CONAGRA FOODS, INC., 

Defendant.

No. 3:16-cv-00454-WHA

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER STAYING CASE PENDING 

APPEALS

Honorable William H. Alsup

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Plaintiff Troy Backus (“Plaintiff”) and Defendant ConAgra Foods, Inc. (“ConAgra”) 

(collectively, “the Parties”), by and through their respective counsel of record, agree and stipulate 

as follows:

WHEREAS Plaintiff filed a Class Action Complaint in the above-captioned action on 

January 26, 2016;

WHEREAS on December 22, 2016, this Court denied class certification on the grounds that 

Plaintiff is an inadequate class representative (Dkt. No. 75);

WHEREAS on January 25, 2017, Marjel McFaddin and Mark Beasley filed in this Court a 

class action complaint against ConAgra, raising the same claims as Plaintiff based on essentially the 

same facts (Class Action Compl., McFaddin v. ConAgra Brands, Inc., No. 3:17-cv-00387-WHA

(N.D. Cal. Jan. 25, 2017));

WHEREAS on February 7, 2017, this Court ordered that McFaddin v. ConAgra Brands, Inc.

was related to the instant action (Dkt. No. 78);

WHEREAS on March 14, 2017, this Court ordered that the pretrial deadlines in this action 

be modified so as to coincide with the deadlines in McFaddin and that a Rule 30(b)(6) deposition 

could be used equally in McFaddin or this action (Dkt. No. 90);

WHEREAS on May 24, 2017, this Court ordered that McFaddin be stayed pending decisions 

by the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Hawkins v. The Kroger Co., Case No. 16-55532 

(9th Cir.), and Hawkins v. AdvancePierre Foods, Inc., Case No. 16-56697 (9th Cir.) and ordered 

that the parties file a joint status report by September 20, 2017, regarding the status of those appeals;

WHEREAS on September 20, 2017, the Parties filed their First Joint Status Report and 

requested a continuance of the stay in McFaddin;

WHEREAS on September 21, 2017, this Court continued the stay in McFaddin and ordered 

the parties in McFaddin to submit a second joint status report on the progress of those pending 

appeals by January 30, 2018;

WHEREAS the Parties request a stay of the proceedings and deadlines in this case to 

coincide with the stay in McFaddin pending the appeals in The Kroger Co. and AdvancePierre 

Foods, Inc.;

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WHEREAS the Parties will submit a joint status report on the progress of those pending 

appeals by January 30, 2018, should the Court grant this stay;

WHEREAS the Parties do not seek this stay for any improper purpose; 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between the Parties through their respective counsel

and subject to this Court’s approval, that this case, its proceedings, and its deadlines are stayed 

pending the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in the abovereferenced cases. The Parties agree to file a joint status report on the progress of the pending appeals 

by January 30, 2018, at noon, and that future case management will be discussed once the stay is 

lifted.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Dated: October 23, 2017 Respectfully submitted,

By: /s/ Angela M. Spivey

A. Brooks Gresham (SBN 155954)

bgresham@mcguirewoods.com

McGUIREWOODS LLP

1800 Century Park East, 8th Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90067

Telephone: 310.315.8291

Facsimile: 310.315.8210

Angela M. Spivey (Pro Hac Vice)

aspivey@mcguirewoods.com

McGUIREWOODS LLP

1230 Peachtree Street, NE

Promenade, Suite 2100

Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3534

Telephone: 404.443.5720

Facsimile: 404.443.5792

R. Trent Taylor (Pro Hac Vice)

rtaylor@mcguirewoods.com

McGUIREWOODS LLP

800 East Canal Street

Richmond, VA 23219

Telephone: 804.775.1182

Facsimile: 804.225.5409

Attorneys for ConAgra Foods, Inc.

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By: /s/ Gregory Weston

Gregory Weston

greg@westonfirm.com

The Weston Firm 

1405 Morena Blvd, Suite 201 

San Diego, CA 92110 

Telephone: 619-798-2006 

Facsimile: 480-247-4553 

Attorney for Plaintiff Troy Backus

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ATTESTATION

I, Angela M. Spivey, hereby attest, pursuant to N.D. Cal. Local Rule 5.1(i)(3), that the 

concurrence to the filing of this document has been obtained from each signatory hereto.

__/s/ Angela M. Spivey_____

Angela M. Spivey

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PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. The case, its proceedings, 

and its deadlines are stayed pending the decisions of the United States Court of Appeals for the 

Ninth Circuit in Hawkins v. The Kroger Co., Case No. 16-55532 (9th Cir.), and Hawkins v.

AdvancePierre Foods, Inc., Case No. 16-56697 (9th Cir.). The Parties shall file a joint status 

report on the progress of the pending appeals by January 30, 2018, at noon.

Dated: ___________________________________________

United States District Court Judge

October 31, 2017.

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