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1 HONORABLE RICARDO S. MARTINEZ

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
8 FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE
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10 TOM WHALEY, individually and on behalf ) CIVIL ACTION NO. 07-CV-00411 RSM
of all similarly situated, )
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Plaintiffs,
) NOTICE OF JOINDER OF
12 ) DEFENDANT THE IAMS COMPANY
vs.
13 ) WITH MENU FOODS DEFENDANTS’
MENU FOODS, a foreign corporation, THE ) MOTION TO STAY PROCEEDINGS
14 IAMS COMPANY, a foreign corporation, et )
al, )
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Defendants.
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18 Please take notice that Defendant The Iams Company ("Iams") joins in the Motion to
19 Stay Proceedings [Doc. No. 9] filed by Defendant Menu Foods.1 The arguments made in Menu
20 Foods Defendants' Motion to Stay are equally applicable to Iams, and thus are incorporated by
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1 Iams has not been formally served with the Class Action Complaint or Summons by Plaintiffs and is not
25 waiving any rights to be formally served by filing this notice of joinder.

DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP

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1 DATED: May 8, 2007 DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP

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3 s/James E. Howard
Evan L. Schwab, WSBA #2174
4 James E. Howard, WSBA #37259
1420 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3400
5 Seattle, WA 98101
(206) 903-8800
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(206) 903-8820 fax
7 schwab.evan@dorsey.com
howard.james@dorsey.com
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D. Jeffrey Ireland (Ohio Bar No. 0010443)
11 Laura A. Sanom (Ohio Bar No. 0039451)
Brian D. Wright (Ohio Bar No. 0075359)
12 FARUKI IRELAND & COX P.L.L.
500 Courthouse Plaza, S.W.
13 10 North Ludlow St.
14 Dayton, OH 45402
(937) 227-3710
15 (937) 227-3717 fax
djireland@ficlaw.com
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Attorneys for Defendant The Iams Company
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DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP

NOTICE OF JOINDER -2- U.S. BANK BUILDING CENTRE
1420 FIFTH AVENUE, SUITE 3400
No. 07-00411-RSM SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98101
PHONE: (206) 903-8800
FAX: (206) 903-8820
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1 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

2 I hereby certify that on this date I filed the foregoing Notice of Joinder by Defendant

3 The Iams with Menu Foods Defendants’ Motion to Stay Proceedings with the United States
4 District Court Clerk, Western District of Washington, using the ECF system, which sent email
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notification of this filing to the below-listed counsel of record:
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Adam P. Karp
7 adam@animal-lawyer.com
8 Michael D. Myers
9 mmyers@myers-company.com

10 Jeffrey T. Kestle
jkestle@gardnerbond.com
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DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP

NOTICE OF JOINDER -3- U.S. BANK BUILDING CENTRE
1420 FIFTH AVENUE, SUITE 3400
No. 07-00411-RSM SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98101
PHONE: (206) 903-8800
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