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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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SABA BIREDA (pro hac vice) MICHELE HAYDEL GEHRKE (#215647) 

JAMES HANNAWAY (pro hac vice) Reed Smith LLP

Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight, LLP 101 Second Street, Suite 1800

700 Pennsylvania Avenue S.E., Suite 300 San Francisco, CA 94105

Washington, DC 20003 Telephone: (415) 543-8700

Telephone: (202) 499-5209 Fax: (415) 391-8269

Fax: (202) 499-5199 Email: mgehrke@reedsmith.com

Email: sbireda@sanfordheisler.com

JILL S. VOROBIEV (pro hac vice)

CARA VAN DORN (#321669) DAVID T. HARTMANN (pro hac vice)

Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight, LLP Reed Smith LLP

7911 Herschel Avenue, Suite 300 10 South Wacker Drive

La Jolla, CA 92037 Chicago, IL 60606

Telephone: (619) 577-4253 Telephone: (312) 207-1000

Fax: (619) 577-4250 Fax: (312) 207-6400

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

Attorneys for Plaintiffs AMANDA BROWN (#292559)

Reed Smith LLP

2850 N. Harwood Street, Suite 1500

Dallas, TX 75201

Telephone: (469) 680-4232

Email: aebrown@reedsmith.com

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

[PROPOSED] ORDER CLOSING CASE

District Judge: Jennifer L. Thurston

Magistrate Judge: Barbara A. McAuliffe

Complaint Filed: August 19, 2021

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ORDER TO CLOSE CASE

On December 5, 2024, the parties filed a joint stipulation for voluntary dismissal with 

prejudice pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1)(A)(ii). (Dkt. 156). Pursuant to Rule 41(a), a 

plaintiff may dismiss an action without court order in one of two ways: (1) by filing a notice of 

dismissal before the opposing party serves either an answer or a motion for summary judgment, 

or (2) by stipulation of all parties who have appeared. Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1)(A)(i) & (ii). 

Voluntary dismissal under this rule requires no action on the part of the court. See United States v. 

475 Martin Lane, 545 F.3d 1134, 1145 (9th Cir. 2008) (voluntary dismissal pursuant to Rule 

41(a)(1) is self-executing and requires no further action by court). 

Here, the parties’ joint stipulation of dismissal is consistent with Federal Rule of Civil 

Procedure 41(a)(1)(A)(ii). Thus, the parties’ stipulated dismissal of this action with prejudice, 

with each party bearing that party’s own attorneys’ fees and costs, is effective upon its filing and 

without a court order. 

Accordingly, the Clerk of the Court is directed to CLOSE THE CASE.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 6, 2024 

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