Payne et al v. Menu Foods, Inc. et al

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NOTICE of Joinder by The Proctor & Gamble Company To Defendant Menu Foods, Inc.'s Motion To Stay All Proceedings (Howarth, Don)

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Don Howarth, State Bar No. 53783 Suzelle M. Smith, State Bar No. 113992 HOWARTH & SMITH 523 West Sixth Street, Suite 728 Los Angeles, California 90014 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Attorneys for Defendant THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROBERT PAYNE and STEVE BARTILUCCI,

) ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) vs. ) ) MENU FOODS, INC., a New Jersey ) corporation, PETCO ANIMAL SUPPLIES, ) INC.; a Delaware corporation, SAFEWAY, ) INC., a Delaware corporation, THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY, a Ohio ) ) corporation, and DOES 1 through 50, ) ) Defendants. ) ) ) ) /// /// /// /// /// /// /// /// ///
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CASE NO. 07cv0705 JAH(GAB) Honorable John A. Houston NOTICE OF JOINDER OF DEFENDANT THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY TO DEFENDANT MENU FOODS, INC.'S MOTION TO STAY ALL PROCEEDINGS

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Please take notice that Defendant The Procter & Gamble Company hereby joins in the Notice of Motion and Motion to Stay All Proceedings [Docket Nos. 6 and 7] filed by Defendant Menu Foods Inc. The arguments made in Defendant Menu Foods' Motion to Stay are equally applicable to The Procter & Gamble Company, and thus are incorporated by reference here. Dated: May 14, 2007 HOWARTH & SMITH s/Don Howarth Don Howarth Attorneys for Defendant The Procter & Gamble Company

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that on May 14, 2007, I caused the following document: NOTICE OF JOINDER OF DEFENDANT THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY TO DEFENDANT MENU FOODS, INC.'S MOTION TO STAY ALL PROCEEDINGS to be filed electronically with the Clerk of Court through ECF, and that ECF will send an enotice of the electronic filing to the following: Susan Moriarty Hack at [e-mail] Richard Mark Segal at [e-mail]; [e-mail] I further certify that I caused a copy of the foregoing document and the notice of electronic filing to be mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, to the following non-ECF participants: Eric J. Benick, Esq. KRAUSE KALFAYAN BENINK & SLAVENS, LLP 625 Broadway, Suite 635 San Diego, California 92101 Dated: May 14, 2007 s/Don Howarth Don Howarth

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