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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-(Citizenship)

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US_ACTIVE-114226947.2-007043-60088

David S. Reidy (SBN 225904)

dreidy@reedsmith.com

Andrew Amoroso (SBN 274673) 

aamoroso@reedsmith.com

REED SMITH LLP

101 Second Street, Suite 1800

San Francisco, CA 94105-3659

Telephone: +1 415 543 8700

Facsimile: +1 415 391 8269

Michael T. Scott 

(admitted pro hac vice)

mscott@reedsmith.com

REED SMITH LLP

2500 One Liberty Place

1650 Market Street

Philadelphia, PA 19103

Telephone: +1 215 851 8100

Facsimile: +1 215 851 1420

Attorneys for Defendant

H.J. Heinz Company, L.P. and HeinzSeed, an 

unincorporated division of H.J. Heinz Company, 

L.P.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TAT TOHUMCULUK A. S., a Turkish company,

 Plaintiff,

v.

H.J. HEINZ COMPANY, L.P., a Pennsylvania 

Limited Partnership registered to do business in 

California, and HEINZSEED, an unincorporated 

division of H.J. HEINZ COMPANY, L.P,

 Defendants.

Case 2:13-cv-00773-WBS-KJN

FOURTH STIPULATION AND 

[PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE 

INITIAL STATUS CONFERENCE 

Current Hearing Scheduled:

Date: December 23, 2013

Time: 2 p.m.

Courtroom: 5, 14th Floor

Compl. Filed: April 19, 2013

Honorable William B. Shubb

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STIPULATION

Plaintiffs TAT Tohumculuk A.S. (“Plaintiff”) and Defendants H.J. Heinz Company, L.P., 

and Heinzseed, an unincorporated division of H.J. Heinz Company, L.P. (collectively, “Defendants”) 

(collectively, the “Parties”) hereby submit, through their undersigned counsel of record, the 

following Stipulation and Proposed Order:

WHEREAS, on November 14, 2013, this Court entered its Memorandum and Order re 

Motion to Dismiss (Dkt. 32) granting in part and denying in part Defendants’ motion to dismiss 

Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint, and granting Plaintiff until December 4, 2013, to file a Second 

Amended Complaint; 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff intends to file a Second Amended Complaint on or before December 4, 

2013;

WHEREAS, since the response to the Second Amended Complaint would be due during the 

holidays, the Parties hereby agree and stipulate that Defendants’ response to the Second Amended 

Complaint shall be due no later than January 3, 2014; 

WHEREAS, the Status Conference in the above action is currently scheduled for December 

23, 2013;

WHEREAS, the Parties agree that good cause exists to continue the Status Conference 

currently scheduled on December 23, 2013, to a date after Defendants respond to the Second 

Amended Complaint, and further request such a continuance to avoid a conflict between the 

currently scheduled Status Conference and scheduled end-of-year holidays for the counsel for both 

parties; and 

WHEREAS, counsel for Plaintiff and Defendants stipulate to move the Status Conference 

hearing to January 6, 2014, when the parties are both mutually available, or to a date thereafter at the 

Court’s convenience;

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THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED between counsel for Defendants and counsel 

for Plaintiff that:

The deadline for Defendants to file a responsive pleading to the Second 

Amended Complaint shall be January 3, 2014; and

The Status Conference currently scheduled for December 23, 2013 at 2:00 

p.m. is continued to January 6, 2014 at 2:00 p.m., or a date thereafter at the 

Court’s convenience.

SO STIPULATED.

DATED: November 22, 2013 ANASTASSIOU & ASSOCIATES

By /s/ Effie F. Anastassiou 

Effie F. Anastassiou

Attorneys for Plaintiff

TAT TOHUMCULUK A.S.

DATED: November 22, 2013 REED SMITH LLP

By /s/ David S. Reidy 

David S. Reidy 

Attorneys for Defendant

H.J. Heinz Company, L.P., sued erroneously as “H.J. 

Heinz Company” and HeinzSeed, an unincorporated 

division of H.J. Heinz Company, L.P.

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ORDER

Appearing that good cause exists pursuant to the foregoing stipulation of the Parties, IT IS 

HEREBY ORDERED that the deadline for Defendants to file a responsive pleading to the Second 

Amended Complaint shall be January 3, 2014, and the Scheduling Conference currently scheduled 

for December 23, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. is continued to January 21, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. A Joint Status 

Report shall be filed no later than January 7, 2014.

SO ORDERED: 

Dated: November 22, 2013

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