Stopa v. Clontz et al

Filing 28

STIPULATION AND ORDER: Case Managmenet Conference set for 3/16/12 is continued to 5/25/2012 10:00 AM in Courtroom 1, 17th Floor, San Francisco before Hon. Samuel Conti.. Signed by Judge Samuel Conti on 3/2/12. (tdm, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 3/2/2012)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 KEVIN P. MUCK (CSB No. 120918) kmuck@fenwick.com CATHERINE KEVANE (CSB No. 215501) ckevane@fenwick.com MARIE C. BAFUS (CSB No. 258417) mbafus@fenwick.com FENWICK & WEST LLP 555 California Street, 12th Floor San Francisco, CA 94104 Telephone: (415) 875-2300 Facsimile: (415) 281-1350 Attorneys for Defendants Steven Clontz, Gary Hromadko, Scott Kriens, William Luby, Irving Lyons, III, Christopher Paisley, Stephen Smith, Peter Van Camp and nominal defendant Equinix, Inc. 10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 11 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ATTORNEYS AT LAW MOUNTAIN VIEW F ENWICK & W EST LLP 12 13 14 JOSEPH STOPA, derivatively on behalf of Nominal Defendant, EQUINIX, INC., Derivative Action 15 16 17 18 19 Case No. 11-CV-02467-SC Plaintiff, vs. STEVEN CLONTZ, GARY HROMADKO, SCOTT KRIENS, WILLIAM LUBY, IRVING LYONS, III, CHRISTOPHER PAISLEY, STEPHEN SMITH, PETER VAN CAMP, 20 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONTINUING CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE AND RESETTING CERTAIN ADR DEADLINES Defendants. 21 and 22 EQUINIX, INC., 23 Nominal Defendant. 24 25 26 27 28 STIP. AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONTINUING CMC AND RESETTING CERTAIN ADR DEADLINES CASE NO. 11-CV-02467-SC 1 This stipulation is entered into by and among plaintiff Joseph Stopa (“Plaintiff”) and 2 defendants Steven Clontz, Gary Hromadko, Scott Kriens, William Luby, Irving Lyons, III, 3 Christopher Paisley, Stephen Smith, Peter Van Camp and nominal defendant Equinix, Inc. 4 (collectively, “Defendants”), by and through their respective attorneys of record; 5 WHEREAS, presently pending before this Court is Plaintiff’s putative shareholder 6 derivative action against certain officers and directors of Equinix, Inc. (“Equinix” or the 7 “Company”) and against nominal defendant Equinix; 8 WHEREAS, this action has been deemed related to a putative shareholder class action No. 11-CV-01016-SC (N.D. Cal.) (“Cement Masons”), which is currently pending in this Court 11 against Equinix and certain officers and directors under the Private Securities Litigation Reform 12 ATTORNEYS AT LAW MOUNTAIN VIEW complaint, entitled Cement Masons & Plasterers Joint Pension Trust v. Equinix, Inc., et al., Case 10 F ENWICK & W EST LLP 9 Act (“PSLRA”); 13 WHEREAS, plaintiff in the Cement Masons case filed an Amended Complaint for 14 Violation of the Federal Securities Laws (“Amended Class Action Complaint”) on September 22, 15 2011, defendants filed a motion to dismiss the Cement Masons’ Amended Class Action 16 Complaint on November 7, 2011, and that motion has been fully briefed and taken under 17 submission by the Court; 18 19 WHEREAS, the operative complaint in this action is an Amended Complaint filed on December 14, 2011; 20 WHEREAS, pursuant to stipulation of the parties, the Court has entered orders on July 14, 21 2011 and October 18, 2011 temporarily staying proceedings in this action pending a ruling on the 22 motion to dismiss in Cement Masons; 23 WHEREAS, pursuant to this Court’s orders, Defendants have no obligation to move, 24 plead or otherwise respond to Plaintiffs’ Amended Complaint until after this Court rules on 25 defendants’ motion to dismiss the Cement Masons Amended Class Action Complaint; 26 WHEREAS, because the Court has not yet issued an order on defendants’ motion to 27 dismiss the Cement Masons’ Amended Class Action Complaint, this case currently remains 28 stayed and Defendants have not yet responded to the Amended Complaint herein; STIP. AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONTINUING CMC AND RESETTING CERTAIN ADR DEADLINES 1 CASE NO. 11-CV-02467-SC 1 WHEREAS, a case management conference is currently set for March 16, 2012; 2 WHEREAS, in light of the status of this action, the parties believe that a case management 3 conference at this point would serve no purpose and would result in the needless expenditure of 4 private and judicial resources, and that the initial case management conference in this action 5 should be continued and have conferred with the Court and have been informed that May 25, 6 2012 at 10:00 a.m. is a convenient date for the case management conference; 7 WHEREAS, on May 20, 2011, the Court in the above-captioned action issued an Order 8 Setting Initial Case Management Conference and ADR Deadlines, requiring that the parties meet 9 and confer regarding ADR process selection, file ADR Certifications and either stipulate to an 10 ADR Process or file a Notice of Need for ADR Phone Conference by August 9, 2011 (the “ADR 11 deadlines”); ATTORNEYS AT LAW MOUNTAIN VIEW F ENWICK & W EST LLP 12 13 WHEREAS, in light of the stay, the parties also believe that the ADR deadlines should also be continued to thirty (30) days after the stay is lifted; 14 15 IT IS ACCORDINGLY STIPULATED, by and between the undersigned counsel for the Parties, that: 16 17 1. continued to May 25, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. 18 19 The case management conference presently scheduled for March 16, 2012 is 2. The parties will file a Joint Case Management Conference Statement seven (7) days prior to the case management conference. 20 3. 21 /// 22 /// 23 /// 24 /// 25 /// 26 /// 27 /// 28 The ADR deadlines are continued to thirty (30) days after the stay is lifted. /// STIP. AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONTINUING CMC AND RESETTING CERTAIN ADR DEADLINES 2 CASE NO. 11-CV-02467-SC 1 Dated: March 1, 2012 2 FENWICK & WEST LLP By: /s/ Catherine Kevane Catherine Kevane 3 FENWICK & WEST, LLP 4 Attorneys for Defendants Steven Clontz, Gary Hromadko, Scott Kriens, William Luby, Irving Lyons, III, Christopher Paisley, Stephen Smith, Peter Van Camp and nominal defendant Equinix, Inc. 5 6 7 8 Dated: March 1, 2012 GREEN WELLING, P.C. 9 By: 10 11 /s/ Robert S. Green Robert S. Green GREEN WELLING, P.C. ATTORNEYS AT LAW MOUNTAIN VIEW F ENWICK & W EST LLP 12 FEDERMAN & SHERWOOD Attorneys for Plaintiff Joseph Stopa 13 14 15 16 17 Pursuant to General Order No. 45 Section X(B), all of the signatories concur in the filing of this stipulation. 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 STIP. AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONTINUING CMC AND RESETTING CERTAIN ADR DEADLINES 3 CASE NO. 11-CV-02467-SC [PROPOSED] ORDER 1 2 Pursuant to the foregoing stipulation, it is hereby ordered that: 3 1. 7 8 days prior to the case management conference. 3. The ADR deadlines are continued to thirty (30) days after the stay is lifted. 3/2/12 ____________________________________ 10 UNIT ED 11 onti amuel C Judge S 13 A H ER LI RT ATTORNEYS AT LAW MOUNTAIN VIEW ED ER The Honorable Samuel Conti O ORD IT IS S 12 F ENWICK & W EST LLP RT U O Dated: __________________________ S DISTRICT TE C TA NO 9 The parties will file a Joint Case Management Conference Statement seven (7) R NIA 6 2. FO 5 continued to May 25, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. S 4 The case management conference presently scheduled for March 16, 2012 is N F D IS T IC T O R C 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 STIP. AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONTINUING CMC AND RESETTING CERTAIN ADR DEADLINES 4 CASE NO. 11-CV-02467-SC

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