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Nature of Suit Code: 370
Nature of Suit: Other Fraud
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Fraud

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STIPULATION TO STAY

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 – FRESNO DIVISION

JOHN LEWIS, individually and on behalf of all 

others similarly situated,

Plaintiff,

v.

KRAFT HEINZ FOODS COMPANY,

Defendant.

Case No. 1:16-cv-400 AWI SAB

The Honorable Anthony W. Ishii

JOINT STIPULATION TO STAY AND 

ORDER THEREON

(DOC. No. 9)

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STIPULATION TO STAY

JOINT STIPULATION TO STAY

WHEREAS:

(1) Plaintiff John Lewis filed his Class Action Complaint on March 23, 2016; and

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

Plaintiff’s Class Action Complaint is May 12, 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 AUDET & PARTNERS, LLP

By:

 

 /s/ Michael McShane

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STIPULATION TO STAY

 Michael McShane

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

John Lewis

DATED: May 9, 2016 JENNER & BLOCK LLP

By:

 

 /s/ Kenneth K. Lee 

 Kenneth K. Lee

Attorneys for Defendant

Kraft Heinz Company 

ORDER

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. This matter is STAYED pursuant to the parties’ stipulation;

2. The parties shall jointly inform the Court of any pertinent actions by the JPML; and

3. The parties shall file joint status reports at least every three (3) months.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 16, 2016 

 SENIOR DISTRICT JUDGE

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