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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:2000e Job Discrimination (Employment)

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Case No. 1:21-cv-01258-JLT-BAM – 1 –

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING FACT DISCOVERY

FELICIA GILBERT (#276348) MICHELE HAYDEL GEHRKE (#215647)

Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP Reed Smith LLP

111 Sutter St., Suite 975 101 Second Street, Suite 1800

San Francisco, CA 94104 San Francisco, CA 94105

Telephone: (415) 795-2020 Telephone: (415) 543-8700

Fax: (415) 795-2021 Fax: (415) 391-8269

Email: fgilbert@sanfordheisler.com Email: mgehrke@reedsmith.com

SABA BIREDA (pro hac vice) JILL S. VOROBIEV (pro hac vice)

JAMES HANNAWAY (pro hac vice) DAVID T. HARTMANN (pro hac vice)

Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP MALLORY C. MCCARTHY (pro hac vice)

700 Pennsylvania Avenue S.E., Suite 300 Reed Smith LLP

Washington, DC 20003 10 South Wacker Drive

Telephone: (202) 499-5209 Chicago, IL 60606

Fax: (202)499-5199 Telephone: (312) 207-1000

Email: sbireda@sanfordheisler.com Fax: (312) 207-6400

Email: jvorobiev@reedsmith.com

CARA VAN DORN (#321669)

Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP AMANDA BROWN (#292559)

2550 Fifth Ave., 11th Floor Reed Smith LLP

San Diego, CA 92103 2850 N. Harwood Street, Suite 1500

Telephone: (619) 577-4253 Dallas, TX 75201

Fax: (619) 577-4250 Telephone: (469) 680-4232

Email: cvandorn@sanfordheisler.com Email:aebrown@reedsmith.com

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ALEX HORN, LANCE AYTMAN, AND 

KEITH HOOKER,

Plaintiffs,

v.

KRAFT HEINZ FOODS COMPANY LLC,

Defendant.

Case No. 1:21-cv-01258-JLT-BAM

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]

ORDER REGARDING FACT DISCOVERY

District Judge: Jennifer L. Thurston

Magistrate Judge: Barbara A. McAuliffe

Complaint Filed: August 19, 2021

Trial Date: September 24, 2024

DATE: July 14, 2023

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Case No. 1:21-cv-01258-JLT-BAM – 2 –

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING FACT DISCOVERY

Counsel for Plaintiffs Alex Horn, Lance Aytman, and Keith Hooker (collectively, 

“Plaintiffs”) and counsel for Defendant Kraft Heinz Foods Company LLC (“Defendant”) 

(hereinafter Plaintiffs and Defendant are referred to collectively as “the Parties”) hereby 

STIPULATE AND AGREE to the following Order pursuant to the Court’s July 6, 2023 Minute 

Order (Dkt. 75). 

The Parties hereby stipulate to the following:

(1) the opening of fact discovery for the limited purpose of third-party depositions through 

August 30th, 2023, and;

(2) the reopening of Plaintiffs Aytman’s and Hooker’s depositions for one hour per issue 

with the limited scope of (a) newly produced social media and (b) newly produced wage-related 

documents. 

Dated: July 14, 2023 Respectfully submitted,

__/s/ Felicia Gilbert_______

FELICIA GILBERT (#276348)

Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP 

111 Sutter St., Suite 975

San Francisco, CA 94104

Telephone: (415) 795-2020

Fax: (415) 795-2021

Email: fgilbert@sanfordheisler.com

SABA BIREDA (pro hac vice)

JAMES HANNAWAY (pro hac vice)

Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP

700 Pennsylvania Avenue, S.E. 20003

Telephone: (202) 499

Fax: (202) 499-5199

Email: sbireda@sanfordheisler.com

CARA VAN DORN (#321669)

Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP

2550 Fifth Ave., 11th Floor

San Diego, CA 92103

Telephone: (619) 577-4253

Fax: (619) 577-4250

Email: cvandorn@sanfordheisler.com

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Case No. 1:21-cv-01258-JLT-BAM – 3 –

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING FACT DISCOVERY

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

ALEX HORN, LANCE ATYMAN, and 

KEITH HOOKER

_/s/ Michele Haydel Gehrke___________

MICHELE HAYDEL GEHRKE (#215647)

Reed Smith LLP

101 Second Street, Suite 1800

San Francisco, CA 94105

Telephone: (415) 543-8700

Fax: (415) 391-8269

Email: mgehrke@reedsmith.com

JILL S. VOROBIEV (pro hac vice)

DAVID T. HARTMANN (pro hac vice)

MALLORY C. MCCARTHY (pro hac vice)

Reed Smith LLP

10 South Wacker Drive

Chicago, IL 60606

Telephone: (312) 207-1000

Fax: (312) 207-6400

Email: jvorobiev@reedsmith.com

AMANDA BROWN (pro hac vice)

Reed Smith LLP

2850 N. Harwood Street, Suite 1500

Dallas, TX 75201

Telephone: (469) 680-4232

Email: aebrown@reedsmith.com

Attorneys for Defendant 

KRAFT HEINZ FOODS COMPANY LLC

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Case No. 1:21-cv-01258-JLT-BAM – 4 –

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING FACT DISCOVERY

ORDER

The Court adopts the Parties’ Stipulation Regarding Fact Discovery filed on July 14, 2023. 

Fact discovery is open for the limited purpose of third-party depositions through August 30, 2023, 

and Plaintiffs Aytman’s and Hooker’s depositions are reopened for one hour per issue with the 

limited scope of (a) newly produced social media and (b) newly produced wage-related

documents.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 17, 2023 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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