In re FINISAR CORP. DERIVATIVE LITIGATION

Filing 173

STIPULATION AND ORDER EXTENDING THE DEADLINE FOR FILING A MOTION FOR SUBSTITUTION PURSUANT TO RULE 25(a) (rmwlc2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 7/12/2012)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
SAN JOSE DIVISION
In re FINISAR CORP. DERIVATIVE
LITIGATION
This Document Relates To:
ALL ACTIONS.

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Master File No. C-06-07660-RMW
STIPULATION AND ORDER EXTENDING
THE DEADLINE FOR FILING A MOTION
FOR SUBSTITUTION PURSUANT TO
RULE 25(a)

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WHEREAS, on March 2, 2012, the Court entered a third Stipulation and Order Extending the

2 Deadline for Filing a Motion for Substitution Pursuant to Rule 25(a) (the “Rule 25(a) Order”) (Dkt.
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WHEREAS, the Rule 25(a) Order extended the deadline by which a party must file a motion

5 for substitution pursuant to Rule 25(a) with respect to Jan Lipson and Larry D. Mitchell, who passed
6 away during the pendency of this litigation, until April 20, 2012;
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WHEREAS, in order to preserve the pending claims, and in light of the parties’ ongoing

8 settlement discussions, the parties wish to extend the deadline by which a party must file a motion
9 for substitution pursuant to Rule 25(a), until 30 days after entry of an order resolving the
10 Defendants’ pending re-noticed Motions to Dismiss Plaintiffs’ Supplemental Second Amended
11 Consolidated Verified Shareholder Derivative Complaint, scheduled for hearing before the Court on
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WHEREAS, the agreed-upon schedule is not for the purpose of delay, promotes judicial

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THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by plaintiffs, the Lipson

16 2000 Revocable Trust Under Agreement Dated September 28, 2000 and the Mitchell Revocable
17 Family Trust, through their respective counsel, subject to approval of the Court as follows:
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The date within which any party must file a motion for substitution pursuant to Rule

19 25(a) is extended until 30 days after entry of an order resolving the Defendants’ pending re-noticed
20 Motions to Dismiss Plaintiffs’ Supplemental Second Amended Consolidated Verified Shareholder
21 Derivative Complaint.
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IT IS SO STIPULATED.

23 DATED: April 20, 2012
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ROBBINS GELLER RUDMAN
& DOWD LLP
SHAWN A. WILLIAMS
CHRISTOPHER M. WOOD

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s/ Christopher M. Wood
CHRISTOPHER M. WOOD

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Post Montgomery Center
One Montgomery Street, Suite 1800
San Francisco, CA 94104
Telephone: [phone]
415/288-4534 (fax)

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ROBBINS GELLER RUDMAN
& DOWD LLP
TRAVIS E. DOWNS III
655 West Broadway, Suite 1900
San Diego, CA 92101
Telephone: [phone]
619/231-7423 (fax)

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SAXENA WHITE P.A.
MAYA SAXENA
JOSEPH E. WHITE
2424 N. Federal Highway, Suite 257
Boca Raton, FL 33431
Telephone: [phone]
561/394-3382 (fax)

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Co-Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs
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ARNOLD & PORTER LLP
SARAH A. GOOD
JEREMY KAMRAS
s/ Sarah A. Good
SARAH A. GOOD
Three Embarcadero Center, Seventh Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111-4024
Telephone: [phone]
415/471-3400 (fax)
Counsel for Lipson 2000 Revocable Trust

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1 DATED: April 20, 2012

DLA PIPER
DAVID A. PRIEBE

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s/ David A. Priebe
DAVID A. PRIEBE

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2000 University Avenue
East Palo Alto, CA 94303-2214
Telephone: [phone]
650/833-2001 (Fax)

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Attorneys for Nominal Defendant Finisar
Corporation and the Mitchell Revocable Family
Trust

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I, Christopher M. Wood, am the ECF User whose identification and password are being used
to file the Stipulation and [Proposed] Order Extending the Deadline for Filing a Motion for
Substitution Pursuant to Rule 25(a). In compliance with General Order 45.X.B, I hereby attest that
Sarah A. Good and David A. Priebe have concurred in this filing.
s/ Christopher M. Wood
CHRISTOPHER M. WOOD

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ORDER

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Having considered the parties’ Stipulation, and good cause appearing, the Court hereby

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

21 DATED: _______7/12/12__________
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THE HONORABLE RONALD M. WHYTE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on April 20, 2012, I authorized the electronic filing of the foregoing with

3 the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system which will send notification of such filing to the
4 e-mail addresses denoted on the attached Electronic Mail Notice List, and I hereby certify that I
5 caused to be mailed the foregoing document or paper via the United States Postal Service to the non6 CM/ECF participants indicated on the attached Manual Notice List.
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I certify under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the

8 foregoing is true and correct. Executed on April 20, 2012.
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s/ Christopher M. Wood
CHRISTOPHER M. WOOD
ROBBINS GELLER RUDMAN
& DOWD LLP
Post Montgomery Center
One Montgomery Street, Suite 1800
San Francisco, CA 94104
Telephone: [phone]
415/288-4534 (fax)
E-mail: [e-mail]