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Nature of Suit Code: 850
Nature of Suit: Securities, Commodities, Exchange
Cause of Action: 15:78m(a) Securities Exchange Act

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STIP. & [PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING TIME TO 

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CASE NO. 3:16-CV-07270-EMC 

BORIS FELDMAN, State Bar No. 128838 

GIDEON A. SCHOR, State Bar of New York 

(admitted pro hac vice) 

AARON J. BENJAMIN, State Bar No. 301796 

WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI 

Professional Corporation 

650 Page Mill Road 

Palo Alto, CA 94304-1050 

Telephone: (650) 493-9300 

Facsimile: (650) 493-6811 

boris.feldman@wsgr.com 

gschor@wsgr.com 

abenjamin@wsgr.com 

Attorneys for Defendants Brocade 

Communications Systems, Inc., Lloyd A. 

Carney, David L. House, Judy Bruner, 

Renato A. DiPentima, Alan L. Earhart, 

John W. Gerdelman, Kim C. Goodman, 

L. William Krause, David E. Roberson, 

and Sanjay Vaswani 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ANJANI KUMAR JHA, On Behalf of Himself 

and All Others Similarly Situated, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, 

INC., LLOYD A. CARNEY, DAVID L. 

HOUSE, JUDY BRUNER, RENATO A. 

DIPENTIMA, ALAN L. EARHART, JOHN W. 

GERDELMAN, KIM C. GOODMAN, L. 

WILLIAM KRAUSE, DAVID E. ROBERSON, 

SANJAY VASWANI, 

Defendants. 

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CASE NO.: 3:16-cv-07270-EMC 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER EXTENDING TIME TO 

RESPOND TO COMPLAINT 

Before: Honorable Edward Milton Chen 

Complaint Filed: December 21, 2016 

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 WHEREAS, Plaintiff Anjani Kumar Jha (“Plaintiff”) filed his Complaint for Violations 

of the Federal Securities Laws on December 21, 2016 (“Complaint”); 

 WHEREAS, Defendants waived service of the Complaint, and their responses to the 

Complaint are currently due February 21, 2017; 

 WHEREAS, the Court has ordered this case related to four other cases currently pending 

in the Northern District of California, entitled Steinberg v. Brocade Communications Systems, 

Inc., et al., Case No. 3:16-cv-07081-EMC, Gross v. Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., et 

al., Case No. 3:16-cv-07173-EMC, Bragan v. Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., et al., 

Case No. 3:16-cv-07271-EMC, and Chuakay v. Brocade Communications Systems, Inc, et al., 

Case No. 3:17-cv-00058-EMC; 

 WHEREAS, counsel for Plaintiff and counsel for Defendants have stipulated that 

Defendants need not answer the Complaint by February 21, 2017, and shall meet and confer on a 

schedule after consolidation of this case and the above-referenced cases and after the filing of a 

consolidated amended complaint or the designation of an operative complaint; 

 NOW, THEREFORE, the parties, by and through their respective counsel, stipulate and 

agree as follows: 

1. Defendants shall not be required to, and shall not waive any rights, arguments, or 

defenses by waiting to, answer, move, or otherwise respond to the Complaint in this action; 

2. Defendants and Plaintiff shall meet and confer on a schedule after consolidation 

and the filing of a consolidated amended complaint; 

3. Nothing in this Stipulation shall be construed as a waiver of any of Defendants’ 

rights or positions in law or in equity, or as a waiver of any defenses that Defendants would 

otherwise have, including, without limitation, jurisdictional defenses. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: February 6, 2017 WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI 

Professional Corporation 

BORIS FELDMAN 

By: /s/ Boris Feldman 

 Boris Feldman 

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650 Page Mill Road 

Palo Alto, CA 94304 

Telephone: (650) 493-9300 

Facsimile: (650) 493-6811 

boris.feldman@wsgr.com 

Attorneys for Defendants Brocade 

Communications Systems, Inc., Lloyd A. 

Carney, David L. House, Judy Bruner, Renato 

A. DiPentima, Alan L. Earhart, John W. 

Gerdelman, Kim C. Goodman, L. William 

Krause, David E. Roberson, and Sanjay 

Vaswani 

Dated: February 6, 2017 WEISSLAW LLP 

 JOEL E. ELKINS 

By: /s/ Joel E. Elkins 

 Joel E. Elkins 

 9107 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 450 

 Beverly Hills, CA 90210 

 Telephone: 310-208-2800 

 Facsimile: 310-209-2348 

 jelkins@weisslawllp.com 

 Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Dated: February 6, 2017 BRODSKY & SMITH, LLC 

 EVAN J. SMITH 

By: /s/ Evan J. Smith 

 Evan J. Smith 

Two Bala Plaza 

Suite 602 

Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004 

Telephone: 610-667-6200 

Facsimile: 610-667-9029 

Email: esmith@brodsky-smith.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Dated: February 6, 2017 FINKELSTEIN THOMPSON LLP 

 ROSEMARY M. RIVAS 

By: /s/ Rosemary M. Rivas 

 Rosemary M. Rivas 

 One California Street, Suite 900 

 San Francisco, CA 94111 

 Telephone: 415-398-8700 

 Facsimile: 415-398-8704 

 Email: rrivas@finkelsteinthompson.com 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER 

GOOD CAUSE HAVING BEEN SHOWN, it is hereby ordered that: 

1. Defendants will not be required to, and shall not waive any rights, arguments, or defenses 

by waiting to, answer, move, or otherwise respond to the Complaint in this action; 

2. Defendants and Plaintiff shall meet and confer on a schedule after consolidation and the 

filing of a consolidated amended complaint; 

3. Nothing in this Stipulation shall be construed as a waiver of any of Defendants’ rights or 

positions in law or in equity, or as a waiver of any defenses that Defendants would 

otherwise have, including, without limitation, jurisdictional defenses. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: ______________________ __________________________________ 

 HONORABLE EDWARD M. CHEN 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

ATTESTATION 

I, Boris Feldman, am the ECF user whose ID and password are being used to file this 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING TIME TO RESPOND TO 

COMPLAINT. In compliance with Civil Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), I hereby attest that Joel E. Elkins, 

Rosemary M. Rivas and Evan J. Smith have concurred in this filing. 

Dated: February 6, 2017 WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI 

Professional Corporation 

By: /s/ Boris Feldman______________________ 

 Boris Feldman 

2/9/2017

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Edward M. Chen

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