Case: 1:21-cv-03763 Document #: 8 Filed: 07/09/21 Page 1 of 5 PageID #:90
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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE DISTRICT OF MAINE
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`Case No. 2:21-mc-00191-JCN
`Hon. John C. Nivison
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`Defendants
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`OLEAN WHOLESALE GROCERY
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`COOPERATIVE, INC., JOHN GROSS
`AND COMPANY, INC., and MAPLEVALE)
`FARMS, INC.,
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`AGRI STATS, INC., BUTTERBALL, LLC )
`CARGILL, INC., CARGILL MEAT
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`SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, COOPER )
`FARMS, INC., FARBEST FOODS, INC.
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`FOSTER FARMS LLC FOSTER POULTRY)
`FARMS, THE HILLSHIRE BRANDS
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`COMPANY, HORMEL FOODS
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`CORPORATION, HOUSE OF RAEFORD )
`FARMS, INC., PERDUE FARMS, INC.
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`PERDUE FOODS LLC, TYSON FOODS
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`INC., TYSON FRESH MEATS, INC. and
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`TYSON PREPARED FOODS, INC.
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`JOINT STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER TO TRANSFER
`PURSUANT TO FEDERAL RULE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE 45(f)
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`Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP (“Hagens Berman”), Lockridge Grindal Naeun,
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`P.L.L.P. (“Lockridge”), and On Point Investigations, LLC (“On Point” and together with Hagens
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`Berman and Lockridge, “Movants”) and Defendants Agri Stats, Inc., Butterball, LLC, Cargill, Inc.,
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`Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation, Cooper Farms, Inc., Farbest Foods, Inc., Foster Farms, LLC,
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`Foster Poultry Farms, Hormel Foods Corporation, House of Raeford Farms, Inc., Perdue Farms,
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`Inc., and Perdue Foods LLC (together “Defendants”), through the authorized attorney identified
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`below - hereby enter into this stipulation and proposed order to transfer pursuant to Federal Rule
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`of Civil Procedure 45(f) (the “Stipulation and Proposed Order”).
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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE DISTRICT OF MAINE
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`Case No. 2:21-mc-00191-JCN
`Hon. John C. Nivison
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`Defendants
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`OLEAN WHOLESALE GROCERY
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`COOPERATIVE, INC., JOHN GROSS
`AND COMPANY, INC., and MAPLEVALE)
`FARMS, INC.,
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`AGRI STATS, INC., BUTTERBALL, LLC )
`CARGILL, INC., CARGILL MEAT
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`SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, COOPER )
`FARMS, INC., FARBEST FOODS, INC.
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`FOSTER FARMS LLC FOSTER POULTRY)
`FARMS, THE HILLSHIRE BRANDS
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`COMPANY, HORMEL FOODS
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`CORPORATION, HOUSE OF RAEFORD )
`FARMS, INC., PERDUE FARMS, INC.
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`PERDUE FOODS LLC, TYSON FOODS
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`INC., TYSON FRESH MEATS, INC. and
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`TYSON PREPARED FOODS, INC.
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`JOINT STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER TO TRANSFER
`PURSUANT TO FEDERAL RULE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE 45(f)
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`Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP (“Hagens Berman”), Lockridge Grindal Naeun,
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`P.L.L.P. (“Lockridge”), and On Point Investigations, LLC (“On Point” and together with Hagens
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`Berman and Lockridge, “Movants”) and Defendants Agri Stats, Inc., Butterball, LLC, Cargill, Inc.,
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`Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation, Cooper Farms, Inc., Farbest Foods, Inc., Foster Farms, LLC,
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`Foster Poultry Farms, Hormel Foods Corporation, House of Raeford Farms, Inc., Perdue Farms,
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`Inc., and Perdue Foods LLC (together “Defendants”), through the authorized attorney identified
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`below - hereby enter into this stipulation and proposed order to transfer pursuant to Federal Rule
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`of Civil Procedure 45(f) (the “Stipulation and Proposed Order”).
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`Case: 1:21-cv-03763 Document #: 8 Filed: 07/09/21 Page 2 of 5 PageID #:91
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`WHEREAS, Movants initiated this miscellaneous proceeding to move to quash (the
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`“Motion to Quash”) a May 21, 2021 subpoena for documents (the “Subpoena”) addressed to On
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`Point and served on behalf of the Defendants.
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`WHEREAS, the Motion to Quash is a discovery dispute ancillary to a putative class action
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`pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (“Northern District
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`of Illinois”) since December 2019, captioned Olean Wholesale Grocery Cooperative, Inc. et al. v.
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`Agri Stats, Inc. et al., No. 1:19-cv-08318 (N.D. Ill.).
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`WHEREAS, the issuing court of the Subpoena was the Northern District of Illinois.
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`WHEREAS, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 45(f), “[w]hen the court where
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`compliance is required did not issue the subpoena, it may transfer a motion under this rule to the
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`issuing court if the person subject to the subpoena consents or if the court finds exceptional
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`circumstances.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 45(f).
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`WHEREAS, transfer of the Motion to Quash to the Northern District of Illinois does not
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`alter the requirements of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 45(d).
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`WHEREAS, the Defendants and On Point consent to the transfer of the Motion to Quash
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`to the Northern District of Illinois.
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`WHEREAS, the underlying case to which the Subpoena relates involves complex
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`questions that the Northern District of Illinois is already considering.
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`WHEREFORE, the parties hereto file this stipulated motion seeking the Court’s Order that:
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`1. The Motion to Quash shall be transferred to the Northern District of Illinois; and
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`2. Defendants’ response to the Motion to Quash shall be due on July 14, 2021.
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`Case: 1:21-cv-03763 Document #: 8 Filed: 07/09/21 Page 3 of 5 PageID #:92
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`Dated: July 9, 2021
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`Respectfully submitted:
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`/s/ Timothy J. Bryant
`Timothy J. Bryant
`Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau & Pachios, LLP
`One City Center, PO Box 9546
`Portland Maine 04112
`Tel. No.: (207) 791-3000
`tbryant@preti.com
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`Counsel for Defendant Butterball, LLC -
`Authorized to sign the joint stipulation on behalf of
`all Defendants
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`/s/ Richard O’Meara
`Richard O’Meara
`RICHARD O’MEARA
`MURRAY PLUMB & MURRAY
`75 Pearl Street
`P.O. Box 9785
`Portland, ME 04104-5085
`Tel. No.: (207) 523-8222
`romeara@mpmlaw.com
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`SHANA E. SCARLET (pro hac vice forthcoming)
`Rio S. Pierce (pro hac vice forthcoming)
`HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO, LLP
`715 Hearst Avenue, Suite 202
`Berkeley, California 94710
`Telephone: (510) 725-3000
`Facsimile: (510) 725-3001
`shanas@hbsslaw.com
`riop@hbsslaw.com
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`Steve W. Berman
`HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO, LLP
`1301 Second Ave., Suite 2000
`Seattle, WA 98101
`Telephone: (206) 623-7292
`Facsimile: (206) 623-0594
`steve@hbsslaw.com
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`W. Joseph Bruckner
`Brian D. Clark
`Maureen Kane Berg
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`Case: 1:21-cv-03763 Document #: 8 Filed: 07/09/21 Page 4 of 5 PageID #:93
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`Simeon Morbey
`Steven E. Serdikoff
`LOCKRIDGE GRINDAL NAUEN P.L.L.P.
`100 Washington Avenue South, Suite 2200
`Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401
`Telephone: (612) 339-6900
`Facsimile: (612) 339-0981
`wjbruckner@locklaw.com
`bdclark@locklaw.com
`mkberg@locklaw.com
`samorbey@locklaw.com
`seserdikoff@locklaw.com
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`Counsel for Movants
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`Case: 1:21-cv-03763 Document #: 8 Filed: 07/09/21 Page 5 of 5 PageID #:94
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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE DISTRICT OF MAINE
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`OLEAN WHOLESALE GROCERY
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`COOPERATIVE, INC., JOHN GROSS
`AND COMPANY, INC., and MAPLEVALE)
`FARMS, INC.,
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`Plaintiffs
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`AGRI STATS, INC., BUTTERBALL, LLC )
`CARGILL, INC., CARGILL MEAT
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`SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, COOPER )
`FARMS, INC., FARBEST FOODS, INC.
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`FOSTER FARMS LLC FOSTER POULTRY)
`FARMS, THE HILLSHIRE BRANDS
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`COMPANY, HORMEL FOODS
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`CORPORATION, HOUSE OF RAEFORD )
`FARMS, INC., PERDUE FARMS, INC.
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`PERDUE FOODS LLC, TYSON FOODS
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`INC., TYSON FRESH MEATS, INC. and
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`TYSON PREPARED FOODS, INC.
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`Defendants
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`Case No. 2:21-mc-00191-JCN
`Hon. John C. Nivison
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`[PROPOSED] ORDER
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`It is hereby ORDERED that Case No. 2:21-mc-00191-JCN is transferred to the Northern
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`District of Illinois, and that Defendant’s response date shall be July 14, 2021.
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`DATED _________________________.
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`The Honorable John C. Nivison
`UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
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