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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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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER MODIFYING BRIEFING SCHEDULE 

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BORIS FELDMAN, State Bar No. 128838 

Email: boris.feldman@wsgr.com 

JEROME F. BIRN, JR. State Bar No. 128561 

Email: jbirn@wsgr.com 

BAHRAM SEYEDIN-NOOR, State Bar No. 203244 

Email: bnoor@wsgr.com 

DOMINIQUE CHANTALE ALEPIN, State Bar No. 241648 

Email: dalepin@wsgr.com 

WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI 

Professional Corporation 

650 Page Mill Road 

Palo Alto, CA 94304-1050 

Telephone: (650) 493-9300 

Facsimile: (650) 493-6811 

Attorneys for Nominal Defendant 

Network Appliance, Inc. and Individual Defendants 

Jeffrey R. Allen, Carol A. Bartz, Donald T. Valentine, 

Robert T. Wall, Daniel J. Warmenhoven, 

M. Helen Bradley, David Hitz, James K. Lau, 

Thomas F. Mendoza, Sachio Semmoto, 

and Charles E. Simmons 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN JOSE DIVISION 

In Re NETWORK APPLIANCE 

DERIVATIVE LITIGATION 

This Document Relates To: 

ALL MATTERS 

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Master File No.: 5:06-cv-06486-JW 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER MODIFYING BRIEFING 

SCHEDULE RE MOTIONS TO 

DISMISS 

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WHEREAS, the present action is a purported shareholder derivative action against certain 

present and former officers and directors of Network Appliance, Inc. (“NetApp”); 

WHEREAS, on January 8, 2007, this Court entered a briefing schedule setting the time for 

Plaintiffs to file their amended complaint and Defendants to file responsive pleadings; 

WHEREAS, on February 9, 2007, Plaintiffs filed their Consolidated Shareholder Derivative 

Complaint; 

WHEREAS, any response to the Verified Consolidated Shareholder Derivative Complaint, 

including any motions to dismiss, are currently due May 18, 2007; 

WHEREAS, this Court has set a hearing for Defendants’ anticipated motions to dismiss on 

August 6, 2007 at 9:00 a.m. and a Case Management Conference (“CMC”) for the same date at 

10:00 a.m.; 

WHEREAS, the parties have met and conferred and wish to modify the briefing schedule in 

this case; 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, by and between the undersigned, subject to 

approval of the Court, as follows: 

1. Defendants shall file and serve any response to the Consolidated Shareholder 

Derivative Complaint, including any motions to dismiss, on or before June 15, 2007; 

2. Plaintiffs shall file any opposition to the motions to dismiss on or before July 18, 

2007; 

3. Defendants shall file any reply in support of the motions to dismiss on or before 

August 20, 2007; 

4. The hearing on Defendants’ motions to dismiss shall be held on September 17, 2007 

at 9:00 a.m.; 

5. The CMC shall be held on September 17, 2007 at 10:00 a.m.; 

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DATED: May 14, 2007 WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI 

 Professional Corporation 

 Boris Feldman (Bar No. 128838) 

 Jerome F. Birn (Bar No. 128561) 

 Bahram Seyedin-Noor (Bar No. 203244) 

 Dominique Chantale Alepin (Bar. No. 241648) 

 By:_ /s/ Dominique Chantale Alepin 

 Dominique Chantale Alepin 

650 Page Mill Road 

Palo Alto, CA 94304 

Telephone: (650) 493-9300 

Facsimile: (650) 493-6811 

Counsel for Defendants 

Attorneys for Nominal Defendant 

Network Appliance and Individual Defendants 

Jeffrey Allen, Carol Bartz, Donald T. Valentine, 

Robert T. Wall, Daniel J. Warmenhoven, 

M. Helen Bradley, David Hitz, James K. Lau, 

Thomas F. Mendoza, Sachio Semmoto, 

and Charles E. Simmons 

DATED: May 14, 2007 BRAMSON, PLUTZIK, MAHLER & 

 BIRKHAEUSER, LLP 

By: /s/ Alan R. Plutzik 

Alan R. Plutzik (Bar No. 077785) 

2125 Oak Grove Road, Suite 120 

Walnut Creek, CA 94598 

Telephone: (925) 945-0200 

Facsimile: (925) 945-8792 

SCHIFFRIN & BARROWAY, TOPAZ & KESSLER, 

LLP 

Eric Zagar 

280 King of Prussia Road 

Radnor, PA 19087 

Telephone: 610-667-7706 

Counsel for Plaintiffs 

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SIGNATURE ATTESTATION 

I, Dominique Chantale Alepin, attest that I have on file an email dated May 14, 2007 from 

opposing counsel Robin Winchester, stating that each of plaintiff’s attorneys whose holographic 

signatures (“/s/”) appear on the Stipulation and [Proposed] Protective Order, filed with the Court on 

May 14, 2007, give their permission for me to sign their names on this document on their behalf. I 

declare under the penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States that the foregoing is true 

and correct. Execute this 14th day of May, 2007 at Palo Alto, California. 

 By: /s/ Dominique Chantale Alepin 

 Dominique Chantale Alepin 

 

ORDER 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: _____________________ ____________________________________ 

 Honorable James Ware 

 United Sates District Judge 

 Northern District of California 

May 17 2007

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