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Nature of Suit Code: 195
Nature of Suit: Contract Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Product Liability

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STIPULATION TO STAY AND ORDER 

JENNER & BLOCK LLP 

Kenneth K. Lee (Cal. Bar No. 264296) 

klee@jenner.com 

633 West 5th Street, Suite 3600 

Los Angeles, CA 90071 

Telephone: (213) 239-5100 

Facsimile: (213) 239-5199 

JENNER & BLOCK LLP

Dean N. Panos (to apply pro hac vice)

dpanos@jenner.com 

353 N. Clark Street 

Chicago, IL 60654 

Telephone: (312) 222-9350 

Facsimile: (312) 527-0484 

Attorneys for Defendants Kraft Heinz Company 

(improperly sued as Kraft Heinz Foods Company) 

[ADDITIONAL COUNSEL ON SIGNATURE PAGE] 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA – SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

GEORGE BRAHLER, individually and on 

behalf of all others similarly situated, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

KRAFT HEINZ FOODS COMPANY, 

Defendant. 

Case No. 2:16-cv-849 KJM EFB

The Honorable Kimberly J. Mueller 

JOINT STIPULATION TO STAY AND 

ORDER 

 

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STIPULATION TO STAY AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

JOINT STIPULATION TO STAY

WHEREAS: 

(1) Plaintiff George Brahler filed his Class Action Complaint on April 25, 2016; and 

(2) The deadline for Defendant Kraft Heinz Company (“Kraft Heinz”) to respond to 

Plaintiff’s Class Action Complaint is June 27, 2016; and 

(3) At least twenty other similar complaints have been filed against Kraft Heinz across the 

country, and plaintiffs in five of those cases filed petitions with the United States Judicial Panel 

on Multidistrict Litigation (the “JPML”) seeking to centralize all of the Parmesan-related 

lawsuits against Kraft Heinz in a common jurisdiction; and 

(4) The JPML has scheduled oral argument on those MDL petitions, In re: 100% Grated 

Parmesan Cheese Marketing and Sales Practices Litigation, MDL No. 2705; In re: Kraft 100% 

Grated Parmesan Cheese Marketing and Sales Practices Litigation, MDL No. 2707, as well as a 

related MDL petition, In re: Walmart Great Value 100% Grated Parmesan Cheese Marketing 

and Sales Practices Litigation, MDL NO. 2708, on May 26, 2016 and will likely issue its 

decision regarding centralization in June 2016; and 

(5) In light of the petitions before the JPML and the potential need to coordinate the related 

cases, the parties agree that a brief stay of proceedings pending the JPML’s decision is 

appropriate because it would avoid the need for unnecessary and duplicative discovery and 

motion practice by the parties and conserve valuable judicial resources; 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by and between 

the undersigned counsel of record that this case be STAYED pending the JPML’s ruling on 

MDL Petitions 2705, 2707, and 2708. The parties shall submit a joint status report to this Court 

within five (5) days of the JPML’s ruling. 

DATED: May 9, 2016 KELLER ROHRBACK LLP 

 By:

 

 /s/ Matthew J. Preusch

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STIPULATION TO STAY AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

 Matthew J. Preusch

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

George Brahler 

DATED: May 9, 2016 JENNER & BLOCK LLP 

 By:

 

 /s/ Kenneth K. Lee 

 Kenneth K. Lee 

Attorneys for Defendant 

Kraft Heinz Company 

ORDER 

Good cause appearing, the court GRANTS the parties’ stipulation to stay the case 

pending the JPML’s ruling on MDL Petitions 2705, 2707, and 2708 (ECF No. 12). The parties 

shall submit a joint status report to this court within five (5) days of the JPML’s ruling. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: May 16, 2016 

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