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Nature of Suit Code: 850
Nature of Suit: Securities, Commodities, Exchange
Cause of Action: 15:77 Securities Fraud

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING BRIEFING AND HEARING SCHEDULE FOR LEAD PLAINTIFF’S 

CONFIDENTIALITY MOTION

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Sara B. Brody (SBN 130222)

sbrody@sidley.com

SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP

555 California Street, Suite 2000

San Francisco, CA 94104

Telephone: 415-772-1279

Matthew J. Dolan (SBN 291150)

mdolan@sidley.com

SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP

1001 Page Mill Road, Building 1

Palo Alto, CA 94304

Telephone: 650-565-7106

Attorneys for Defendants

Bloom Energy Corporation, KR Sridhar, Randy 

Furr, L. John Doerr, Scott Sandell, Eddy 

Zervigon, Colin L. Powell, Peter Teti, Mary K. 

Bush, and Kelly A. Ayotte 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ELISSA M. ROBERTS, Individually and on 

Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated,

Plaintiff,

vs.

BLOOM ENERGY CORPORATION, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 3:19-cv-02935-WHO

CLASS ACTION

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

REGARDING BRIEFING AND 

HEARING SCHEDULE FOR LEAD 

PLAINTIFF’S CONFIDENTIALITY 

MOTION 

Assigned to: Honorable William H. Orrick 

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STIPULATION

Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7-12, this stipulation and proposed order is submitted by 

• Lead Plaintiff James Everett Hunt (Lead Plaintiff), and

• Defendants Bloom Energy Corporation, KR Sridhar, Randy Furr, L. John Doerr,

Colin L. Powell, Scott Sandell Peter Teti, Eddy Zervigon, Mary K. Bush, Kelly A.

Ayotte (Defendants).

WHEREAS:

1. On May 28, 2019, Elissa M. Roberts filed a federal securities class action in the abovecaptioned matter in the United States District Court, Northern District of California against 

defendants Bloom Energy Corporation, KR Sridhar, Randy Furr, L. John Doerr, Scott Sandell, Eddy 

Zervigon, Colin L. Powell, Peter Teti, Mary K. Bush and Kelly A. Ayotte.

2. On September 3, 2019, following the briefing of lead plaintiff motions, this Court appointed

James Everett Hunt as Lead Plaintiff and Levi & Korsinsky, LLP as Lead Counsel (ECF No. 39).

3. On November 1, 2019, Lead Plaintiff filed a Motion to Limit Scope of Confidentiality

Agreement (the Confidentiality Motion).

4. Defendants’ deadline to oppose the Confidentiality Motion is November 15, 2019.

5. Lead Plaintiff’s deadline to submit a reply in support of the Confidentiality Motion is

November 22, 2019.

6. The Confidentiality Motion is set for oral argument before this Court on December 11, 2019.

7. Counsel for Defendants cannot be present for oral argument before this Court on December

11, 2019, due to a pre-existing obligation to represent a witness in an SEC deposition in an unrelated 

matter scheduled for that date.

8. Lead Plaintiff and Defendants have agreed to re-set the oral argument before this Court for

December 18, 2019.

9. Lead Plaintiff and Defendants have also agreed to a short extension of the briefing schedule

on the Confidentiality Motion, such that Defendants’ opposition would be due November 21, 2019 

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and Lead Plaintiff’s reply would be due December 4, 2019. This schedule ensures that briefing will 

be complete two full weeks before the December 18, 2019 oral argument, as contemplated by Local 

Rules 7.2 and 7.3. 

IT IS THEREFORE STIPULATED AND AGREED by Lead Plaintiff and Defendants

that, subject to the Court’s approval, the following schedule is adopted for the briefing of and oral 

argument on the Confidentiality Motion:

1. Defendants shall submit their opposition to the Confidentiality Motion by November 

21, 2019. 

2. Plaintiff shall submit his reply in support of the Confidentiality Motion by December 

4, 2019.

3. The Confidentiality Motion will be set for oral argument on the Court’s calendar for

December 18, 2019.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

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Date: November12, 2019 By: /s/ Adam C. McCall

Adam C. McCall (SBN 302130)

Adam M. Apton (SBN 316506)

Email: amccall@zlk.com

Email: aapton@zlk.com

LEVI & KORSINSKY, LLP

44 Montgomery Street, Suite 650

San Francisco, CA 94104

Telephone: 415-373-1671

 Attorneys for Lead Plaintiff 

Date: November 12, 2019 By: /s/ Sara B. Brody

 Sara B. Brody (SBN 130222)

 sbrody@sidley.com

 555 California Street, Suite 2000

San Francisco, CA 94104

Telephone: 415-772-1279

Matthew J. Dolan (SBN 291150)

mdolan@sidley.com

SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP

1001 Page Mill Road, Building 1

Palo Alto, CA 94304

Telephone: 650-565-7106

 Attorneys for Defendants

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SIGNATURE ATTESTATION

I am the ECF User whose identification and password are being used to file the foregoing 

Stipulation and [Proposed] Order Continuing Case Management Conference in compliance with 

Civil Local Rule 5-1(i)(3). 

DATED: November 12, 2019

By: /s/ Sara B. Brody

Sara B. Brody (SBN 130222)

sbrody@sidley.com

SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP

555 California Street, Suite 2000

San Francisco, CA 94104

Telephone: 415-772-1279

 Attorneys for Defendants 

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 ORDER 

Pursuant to the parties’ stipulation, and for good cause shown, IT IS SO ORDERED that: 

1. Defendants shall submit their opposition to the Confidentiality Motion by November

21, 2019.

2. Plaintiff shall submit his reply in support of the Confidentiality Motion by December

4, 2019.

3. The Confidentiality Motion will be set for oral argument on the Court’s calendar for

December 18, 2019.

DATED: November 14, 2019 By:

Honorable William H. Orrick

United States District Judge

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