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I. (a) PLAINTIFFS

Carmine Clemente and Samantha Kilgallen

(b) County of Residence ofFirst Listed Plaintiff

(EXCEPT IN U.S. PLAINT.

DEFENDANTS

Whole Foods Market Group, Inc., and WFM Private Label, L.P.

County of Residence ofFirst Listed Defendant Travis Countv, TX (JN U.S. PLAINTIFF CASES ONLY)

NOTE: IN LAND CONDEMNATION CASES, USE THE LOCATION OF THE TRACT OF LAND INVOLVED.

( C) Att.Q.rn~s (firm Name, Address, and TelephoJle Numbcr) Step11en I-'. ueNittis, Esq., DeNittis oserchen, P.C., 1515 Market St., Ste.

Attorneys (If Known) Jacob Oslick, Esq., Seyfarth Shaw LLP, 620 Eighth Ave., 32nd Fl.,

1200, Philadelphia, PA 19102, (215) 564-1721 New York, NY 10018, (212) 218-6480

II. BASIS OF JURISDICTION (Place an "X" in One Box Only) III. CITIZENSHIP CIP AL PARTIES (Place an "X" in One Box for Plaintiff

0 I U.S. Government

Plaintiff

0 3 Federal Question

(US. Government Not a Party)

rsity 0 2 U.S. Government Defendant ndicate Citizenship of Parties in Item Ill}

IV. NATURE OF SUIT (Place an "X" in One Box Only) ,60NmRAeT~~t!,J~li7?R' -fi!'!',•l:!!IDJ

0 110 Insurance PERSONAL INJURY PERSONAL INJURY 0 120 Marine 0 310 Airplane 0 365 Personal Injury • 0 130 Miller Act 0 315 Airplane Product Product Liability 0 140 Negotiable Instrument Liability 0 367 Health Care/ 0 150 Recovery of Overpayment 0 320 Assault, Libel & Pharmaceutical

& Enforcement of Judgment Slander Personal Injury 0 151 Medicare Act 0 330 Federal Employers' Product Liability 0 152 Recovery of Defaulted Liability 68 Asbestos Personal

Student Loans 0 340Marine Injury Product (Excludes Veterans) 0 345 Marine Product iability

0 153 Recovery of Overpayment Liability PERS AL PROPERTY of Veteran's Benefits 0 350 Motor Vehicle ~ 3 70 Ot er Fraud

0 160 Stockholders' Suits 0 355 Motor Vehicle 0 371 T th in Lending 0 190 Other Contract Product Liability a 380 ther Personal 0 195 Contract Product Liability 0 360 Other Personal roperty Damage 0 196 Franc1\ise Injury 5 Property Damage

0 362 Personal Injury· Product Liability Medical Malpractice

Ifli'.'l1l!1'1'1'iiiflRE'AL·JlR()PfilRiTmYl\llt1l!~ 1illliiill1!<ilWmt.RI6HTSi!'H•.fl11··1 •1PRISONE~;pET1'Jl({)NS1if'

0 210 Land Condemnation O 440 Other Civil Rights Habeas Corpus: a 220 Foreclosure 0 441 Voting 0 463 Alien Detainee 0 230 Rent Lease & Ejectment 0 442 Employment 0 510 Motions to Vacate 0 240 Torts to Land 0 443 Housing/ Sentence 0 245 Tort Product Liability Accommodations 0 530 General 0 290 All Oilier Real Property a 445 Amer. w/Disabilities • 0 535 Death Penalty

Employment Other: 0 446 Amer. w/Disabilities • 0 540 Mandamus & Other

Other 0 550 Civil Rights 0 448 Education 0 555 Prison Condition

0 560 Civil Detainee • Conditions of

,--......., Confinement

V. ORIGIN lp1= oo ~· ;" o~ Bm o"'" 0 1 Original

1j )l( 2 Removed from D 3 Remanded from 04

Proceedin State Court Appellate Court \

(For Diversity Cases and One Box for Defendant) PTF DEF

Citizen of This State

DEF

0 I Incorporated or Principal Place of Business In This State :o Citizen of Another State a 2 a 2 Incorporated and Principal Place of Business In Another State

a 3 a 3 Foreign Nation

1' ~FORFEIIJlliJRE'lPFi~i\"I:lr:Y1 •'' ·-t\BJ\"NBml!rnJteY:!•'11m -:!:!OffiHER;ST?A'llNIJlES·l+.li?'l•·i!'I

0 625 Drug Related Seizure 0 422 Appeal 28 USC 158 a 375 False Claims Act of Property 21 USC 881 0 423 Withdrawal a 400 State Reapportionment

0 6900ther 28 USC 157 0 410 Antitrust a 430 Banks and Banking

111-:;EK•a1 1 a 450 Commerce 0 820 Copyrights 0 460 Deportation 0 830 Patent 0 470 Racketeer Influenced and 0 840 Trademark Corrupt Organizations

0 480 Consumer Credit HO OGI"' ·1sE J, 0 490 Cable/Sat TV

0 710 Fair Labor Standards 0 861 HIA (1395ff) a 850 Securities/Commodities/ Act 0 862 Black Lung (923) Exchange

0 720 Labor/Management 0 863 DIWC/DIWW (405(g)) a 890 Other Statutory Actions Relations 0 864 SSID Title XVI a 891 Agricultural Acts

0 740 Railway Labor Act 0 865 RSI (405(g)) a 893 Environmental Matters 0 751 Family and Medical a 895 Freedom oflnformation

Leave Act Act 0 790 Other Labor Litigation a 896 Arbitration 0 791 Employee Retirement ;1~1-'.•FEDERALs'PAX»SUllJlS\ll1it0:£ a 899 Administrative Procedure

Income Security Act 0 870 Taxes (U.S. Plaintiff Act/Review or Appeal of or Defendant) Agency Decision

a 871 IRS-Third Party a 950 Constitutionality of 26 USC 7609 State Statutes

i'.~\lij1Jllli~GRA~ION/~lh~lfliill~I: 0 462 Naturalization Application 0 465 Other Immigration

Actions

Reinstated or D 5 Transferred from D 6 Multidistrict Reopened Another District

{specify) Litigation

'<.! Cite the U.S. Civil Statute under which you are filing (Do not cite jurisdictional statutes unless diversity): 28 U.S.C. § 1332

VI. CAUSE OF ACTION Brief description of cause: Consumer fraud in violation of the Pennsylvania Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law

VII. REQUESTED IN ~ CHECK IF THIS IS A CLASS ACTION DEMAND$ CHECK YES only i ~eman~ in complaint:

COMPLAINT: UNDER RULE 23, F.R.Cv.P. JURY DEMAND: ;gj Y s D No

VIII. RELATED CASE(S) v IF ANY (See instructions); CKETNUMBER

RECEIPT# AMOUNT MAG.JUDGE

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA-DESIGNATION FORM to be used by counsel to indicate the category of the case for the purpose of assignment to appropriate calendar.

Address of Plaintiff:{lf(ltl,·.,., ({l!l'Clt'lkf (7.,),7 fq;i,.~-Ju 5'4°1 (J{,,,itW!fA1'ft {A l'W16

AddressofDefendant:LN~c:>le f,,,~l A!~.f 6ro..,e :lf,fr.t SSo ~ Sf.,fo,,Skj,,f f)( 7f7oJ-'1<"1"1

Place of Accident, Incident or Transaction: 0 LJ.c.le ~~ $' t;//tef ~~ /. 'J ;*" f'4e, ( """"'4f~( ff... .,-( (Use Reverse Side For Additional Space)

Does this civil action involve a nongovernmental corporate party with any parent corporation and any publicly held co

(Attach two copies of the Disclosure Statement Form in accordance with Fed.R.Civ.P. 7.l(a))

Does this case involve multidistrict litigation ~sibilities? /

RELATED CASE, IF ANY: See._ t,t:a.~t/ Case Number: Judge---------------

Civil cases are deemed related when yes is answered to any of the following questions:

1. Is this case related to property included in an earlier numbered suit pending or within one year previously terminated action in this court?

YesD NoliY'

2. Does this case involve the same issue of fact or grow out of the same transaction as a prior suit pending or within one year previously terminated action in this court?

YesD Nog/

3. Does this case involve the validity or infringement of a patent already in suit or any earlier numbered case pending or within one year previously

terminated action in this court? YesD NoB"'

4. Is this case a second or successive habeas corpus, social security appeal, or pro se civil rights case filed by the same individual?

No~ YesD

CIVIL: (Place t/ in ONE CATEGORY ONLY)

A Federal Question Cases: B. Diversity Jurisdiction Cases:

1. o Indemnity Contract, Marine Contract, and All Other Contracts 1. o Insurance Contract and Other Contracts

2. D FELA

3. o Jones Act-Personal Injury

4. o Antitrust

5. 0 Patent

6. 0 Labor-Management Relations

7. 0 Civil Rights

8. 0 Habeas Corpus

9. 0 Securities Act(s) Cases

10. 0 Social Security Review Cases

11. 0 All other Federal Question Cases

(Please specify)

o Product Liability - Asbestos

611 othe Diversity Cases

1.1.nlit fnul< f fl'-bu s

ARBITRATION CERTIFICATION (Check Appropriate Category)

I·-~=----':;..::-"-----'""'-_:::;_:.'"----'-="'-----·• counsel of record do hereby certify: ursuant to Local Civil Rule 53.2, Section 3(c)(2), that to the best of my knowledge and belief, the damages recoverable in this civil action case exceed the sum of

$150,000. exclusive of interest and costs;

elief other than monetary damages is sought.

DATE: to(~/zo I'+ i\ttomey-at-Law Attorney I.D.#

NOTE: e novo will be a trial by jury only ifthere has been compliance with F.R.C.P. 38.

I certify that, to my knowledge, the within case is not related to any case now pending or within one year previously terminated action in this court

except as noted above.

DATE: ~I «>_,_/o_~-+,l~d-_<>_1 Li~-Attorney l.D.#

CIV. 609 (5/2012)


Eastern District of Pennsylvania - Designation Form Attachment

1. Carmine Clemente/Samantha Kilgallen v. Whole Foods Market

Court of Common Pleas Philadelphia County - No.: 140801271

2. Tracey Knox v. Whole Foods Market, Inc.

U.S.D.C. - District of Massachusetts

CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE#: 1:14-cv-13185-RGS

3. Ryan Markley v. Whole Foods Market, Inc.

Assigned to: Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell

U.S.D.C. - Middle District of Florida - Tampa Division

CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE#: 14-cv-01892-CEH-MAP

4. Mark Bilder v. Whole Foods Market, Inc.

Superior Court of New Jersey - Burlington County; Case No.: Bur.-L. 1904-14

5. Chase Jackson and Jose Koffman v. WHOLE FOODS MARKET, INC. I USDC - Central District of California (Western Division - Los Angeles)

CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE#: 2:14-cv-06705

6. Kevin Grodnick v. Whole Foods Market Inc.

U.S. District Court - Southern District of New York (Foley Square)

CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 1:14-cv-07035-ALC

7. Sarah Rod house v. Whole Foods Market Group, Inc.

Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis - State of Missouri

Case No. 1422-CC09626


M IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

CASE MANAGEMENT TRACK DESIGNATION FORM

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CIVIL ACTION

NO.

In accordance with the Civil Justice Expense and Delay Reduction Plan of this court, counsel for plaintiff shall complete a Case Management Track Designation Form in all civil cases at the time of filing the complaint and serve a copy on all defendants. (See § 1 :03 of the plan set forth on the reverse side of this form.) In the event that a defendant does not agree with the plaintiff regarding said designation, that defendant shall, with its first appearance, submit to the clerk of court and serve on the plaintiff and all other parties, a Case Management Track Designation Form specifying the track to which that defendant believes the case should be assigned.

SELECT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CASE MANAGEMENT TRACKS:

(a) Habeas Corpus - Cases brought under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 through§ 2255. ( )

(b) Social Security - Cases requesting review of a decision of the Secretary of Health and Human Services denying plaintiff Social Security Benefits. ( )

(c) Arbitration- Cases required to be designated for arbitration under Local Civil Rule 53.2. ( )

( d) Asbestos - Cases involving claims for personal injury or property damage from exposure to asbestos. ( )

(e) Special Management- Cases that do not fall into tracks (a) through (d) that are commonly referred to as complex and that need special or intense management b the court. (See reverse side of this form for a detailed explanation of special management cases.)

(f) Standard Management-Cases that do not fall into any one of the other tracks.

Date' Attorney-at-law Attorney for

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Telephone FAX Number E-Mail Address

(Civ. 660) 10/02

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