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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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ROBBINS GELLER RUDMAN 

 & DOWD LLP 

DARREN J. ROBBINS (168593) 

JAMES I. JACONETTE (179565) 

SCOTT H. SAHAM (188355) 

JENNIFER N. CARINGAL (286197) 

655 West Broadway, Suite 1900 

San Diego, CA 92101 

Telephone: 619/231-1058 

619/231-7423 (fax) 

darrenr@rgrdlaw.com 

jamesj@rgrdlaw.com 

scotts@rgrdlaw.com 

jcaringal@rgrdlaw.com 

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DENNIS J. HERMAN (220163) 

DAVID W. HALL (274921) 

Post Montgomery Center 

One Montgomery Street, Suite 1800 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: 415/288-4545 

415/288-4534 (fax) 

dennish@rgrdlaw.com 

dhall@rgrdlaw.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

COBALT PARTNERS, LP, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

SUNEDISON, INC., et al., 

Defendants. 

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Case No. 3:16-cv-02263-WHA 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

SCHEDULING ORDER 

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Pursuant to Civil Local Rules 6-2(a) and 7-12, the parties, by and through their respective 

undersigned counsel of record, submit the following stipulation and proposed order: 

WHEREAS, on March 28, 2016, plaintiffs initiated this action by filing a Complaint in the 

Superior Court of California, San Mateo County; 

WHEREAS, on April 26, 2016, defendants removed this action to federal court; 

WHEREAS, on May 20, 2016, defendants filed two motions to dismiss the Complaint on a 

variety of grounds, see Dkt. Nos. 42-46; 

WHEREAS, the motions are scheduled to be heard on August 18, 2016 at 8 a.m.; 

WHEREAS, pursuant to N.D. Cal. Civ. L.R. 7-3, plaintiffs’ responses to the motions are due 

by June 3, 2016, and defendants’ replies are due by June 10, 2016; 

WHEREAS, due to the number and complexity of the issues raised in defendants’ motions, 

and in light of other anticipated filings in this action as well as the Memorial Day holiday and other 

commitments, plaintiffs have requested additional time to prepare their responses to defendants’ 

motions; 

WHEREAS, due to the number of issues to be considered and the anticipated complexity of 

plaintiffs’ responses to the motions, and in light of the other anticipated filings in this action as well 

as the July Fourth holiday and other commitments, defendants have requested additional time after 

receipt of plaintiffs’ responses to prepare replies in support of their motions; 

WHEREAS, the parties have met and conferred over the requested extension and negotiated 

and agreed to the briefing schedule set forth below, which provides plaintiffs to and including July 1, 

2016 to file their responses to the motions to dismiss and provides defendants until July 29, 2016 to 

file their replies in support of their motions; 

WHEREAS, the agreed schedule will not delay the scheduled hearing on defendants’ 

motions; 

WHEREAS, plaintiffs previously agreed to provide defendants with an extension of time to 

respond to the Complaint to May 20, 2016; 

WHEREAS, no other extensions of time have been granted in this action. 

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NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereby agree and stipulate to the following deadlines: 

1. Plaintiffs’ oppositions to defendants’ motions shall be filed on or before July 1, 2016; 

and 

2. Defendants’ replies shall be filed on or before July 29, 2016. 

DATED: May 26, 2016 ROBBINS GELLER RUDMAN 

 & DOWD LLP 

DENNIS J. HERMAN 

DAVID W. HALL 

s/ Dennis J. Herman

 DENNIS J. HERMAN

Post Montgomery Center 

One Montgomery Street, Suite 1800 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: 415/288-4545 

415/288-4534 (fax)

ROBBINS GELLER RUDMAN 

 & DOWD LLP 

DARREN J. ROBBINS 

JAMES I. JACONETTE 

SCOTT H. SAHAM 

JENNIFER N. CARINGAL 

655 West Broadway, Suite 1900 

San Diego, CA 92101 

Telephone: 619/231-1058 

619/231-7423 (fax)

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Cobalt Partners, LP, 

Cobalt Partners II, LP, Cobalt Offshore Master 

Fund, LP and Cobalt KC Partners, LP

DATED: May 26, 2016 SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP 

SARA B. BRODY

s/ Sara B. Brody

 SARA B. BRODY

555 California Street, Suite 2000 

San Francisco, California 94104 

Telephone: 415/772-1200 

415/772-7400 (fax)

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Attorneys for Defendants Ahmad 

Chatila, Brian Wuebbels, Martin Truong, 

Emmanuel Hernandez, Antonio R. Alvarez, 

Clayton Daley, Jr., Georganne Proctor, 

Steven Tesoriere, James B. Williams, and 

Randy H. Zwirn

DATED: May 26, 2016 WILMER CUTLER PICKERING 

HALE AND DORR LLP 

BRETT HAMMON 

s/ Brett Hammon

 BRETT HAMMON

950 Page Mill Road 

Palo Alto, California 94304 

Telephone: 650/858-6000 

650/858-6100 (fax)

Attorneys for Defendant Peter Blackmore

DATED: May 26, 2016 PATRICK D. ROBBINS 

SHEARMAN & STERLING LLP

s/ Patrick D. Robbins

 PATRICK D. ROBBINS

535 Mission Street, 25th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94105 

Telephone: 415/616-1210 

415/616-1199 (fax)

Attorneys for Defendants Deutsche Bank 

Securities Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. 

Morgan Securities LLC, Macquarie Capital 

(USA), Inc., MCS Capital Markets LLC, Merrill 

Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, and 

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC 

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I, Dennis J. Herman, am the ECF User whose ID and password are being used to file this 

Stipulation and [Proposed] Scheduling Order. In compliance with Civil Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), I 

hereby attest that Sara B. Brody, Brett Hammon and Patrick D. Robbins have concurred in this 

filing. 

s/ Dennis J. Herman

DENNIS J. HERMAN

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O R D E R 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: _________________________ ____________________________________ 

THE HONORABLE WILLIAM H. ALSUP 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

May 31, 2016.

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