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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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LERACH COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER 

 RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP 

SHAWN A. WILLIAMS (213113) 

MONIQUE C. WINKLER (213031) 

AELISH M. BAIG (201279) 

100 Pine Street, Suite 2600 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: 415/288-4545 

415/288-4534 (fax) 

shawnw@lerachlaw.com 

moniquew@lerachlaw.com 

aelishb@lerachlaw.com 

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TRAVIS E. DOWNS III (148274) 

BENNY C. GOODMAN III (211302) 

655 West Broadway, Suite 1900 

San Diego, CA 92101 

Telephone: 619/231-1058 

619/231-7423 (fax) 

travisd@lerachlaw.com 

bennyg@lerachlaw.com 

[Proposed] Co-Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs 

[Additional counsel appear on signature page.] 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ROBERT LYNCH, Derivatively on Behalf of 

FINISAR CORPORATION, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

JERRY S. RAWLS, et al., 

Defendants, 

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FINISAR CORPORATION, a Delaware 

corporation, 

Nominal Defendant. 

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No. C-06-07660-RMW

STIPULATION AND [] ORDER 

CONSOLIDATING CASES AND 

APPOINTING LEAD PLAINTIFFS AND 

LEAD COUNSEL 

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LYNN SHORT, Derivatively on Behalf of 

FINISAR CORPORATION, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

JERRY S. RAWLS, et al., 

Defendants, 

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FINISAR CORPORATION, a Delaware 

corporation, 

Nominal Defendant. 

CITY OF WORCESTER RETIREMENT 

SYSTEM, Derivatively on Behalf of Nominal 

Defendant FINISAR CORPORATION, 

Plaintiff, 

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JERRY S. RAWLS, et al. 

Defendants, 

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FINISAR CORPORATION, 

Nominal Defendant. 

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WHEREAS, there are three related shareholder derivative actions on behalf of nominal 

defendant Finisar Corporation (“Finisar”) pending in this district: 

Abbreviated Case Name Case Number Date Filed 

Lynch v. Rawls, et al. C-06-07660-RMW December 14, 2006 

Short v. Rawls, et al. C-06-07661-RMW December 14, 2006 

City of Worcester Retirement System v. 

Rawls, et al. 

C-06-07848-RMW December 22, 2006 

WHEREAS, the three related shareholder derivative actions arise out of the same 

transactions and occurrences and involve the same or substantially similar issues of law and fact, 

and, therefore, should be consolidated for all purposes under Fed. R. Civ. P. 42(a); 

WHEREAS, on December 22, 2006, plaintiff City of Worcester Retirement System filed a 

Notice of Related Case and Administrative Motion to Consider Whether Cases Should Be Related 

with respect to the Lynch and City of Worcester cases referenced above;1

 

WHEREAS, counsel for plaintiffs and defendants in all of the above-referenced actions have 

met and conferred and agreed the cases should be related and consolidated; 

WHEREAS, after meeting and conferring, all named plaintiffs agree that Lynn Short 

(“Short”) and City of Worcester Retirement System should be appointed lead plaintiffs and Lerach 

Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP (“Lerach Coughlin”) and Saxena White P.A. should 

be appointed co-lead counsel; 

WHEREAS, defendants take no position as to the appointment of Short and City of 

Worcester Retirement System as lead plaintiffs and Lerach Coughlin and Saxena White P.A. as colead counsel; and 

WHEREAS, the agreed-upon schedule set forth below is not for the purpose of delay, 

promotes judicial efficiency, and will not cause prejudice to any party. 

 

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the caption of its complaint (“Worchester” was inadvertently used instead of the correct “Worcester”).

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THEREFORE, IT IS STIPULATED AND AGREED by plaintiff and defendants, through 

their respective counsel of record, as follows: 

CONSOLIDATION OF ACTIONS 

1. The following actions are hereby consolidated for all purposes, including pretrial 

proceedings, trial and appeal: 

Abbreviated Case Name Case Number Date Filed 

Lynch v. Rawls, et al. C-06-07660-RMW December 14, 2006 

Short v. Rawls, et al. C-06-07661-RMW December 14, 2006 

City of Worcester Retirement System 

v. Rawls, et al. 

C-06-07848-RMW December 22, 2006 

2. The caption of these consolidated actions shall be “In re Finisar Corp. Derivative 

Litigation” and the files of these consolidated actions shall be maintained in one file under Master 

File No. C-06-07660-RS. Any other actions now pending or later filed in this Court which arise out 

of or are related to the same facts as alleged in the above-identified cases shall be consolidated for all 

purposes, if and when they are brought to the Court’s attention. 

3. Every pleading filed in the consolidated actions, or in any separate action included 

herein, shall bear the following caption: 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN JOSE DIVISION 

In re FINISAR CORP. ) Master File No. C-06-07660-RMW

DERIVATIVE LITIGATION ) 

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This Document Relates To: ) 

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4. When a pleading is intended to be applicable to all actions governed by this Order, 

the words “All Actions” shall appear immediately after the words “This Document Relates To:” in 

the caption set out above. When a pleading is intended to be applicable to only some, but not all, of 

the consolidated actions, this Court’s docket number for each individual action to which the pleading 

is intended to be applicable and the abbreviated case name of said action shall appear immediately 

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after the words “This Document Relates To:” in the caption described above (e.g., “No. C-06-07660-

RS, Lynch v. Rawls, et al.”). 

5. A Master Docket and a Master File hereby are established for the above consolidated 

proceedings and for all other related cases filed in or transferred to this Court. Separate dockets shall 

continue to be maintained for each of the individual actions hereby consolidated, and entries shall be 

made in the docket of each individual case in accordance with the regular procedures of the clerk of 

this Court, except as modified by this Order. 

6. When a pleading is filed and the caption shows that it is applicable to “All Actions,” 

the clerk shall file such pleading in the Master File and note such filing on the Master Docket. No 

further copies need be filed, and no other docket entries need be made. 

7. When a pleading is filed and the caption shows that it is to be applicable to fewer than 

all of the consolidated actions, the clerk will file such pleading in the Master File only but shall 

docket such filing on the Master Docket and the docket of each applicable action. 

8. When a case which properly belongs as part of In re Finisar Corp., Derivative 

Litigation is filed in this Court or transferred to this Court from another court and assigned to the 

Honorable Richard Seeborg, the clerk of this Court shall: 

(a) Place a copy of this Order in the separate file for such action; 

(b) Mail to the attorneys for the plaintiff(s) in the newly-filed or transferred case a 

copy of this Order and direct that this Order be served upon or mailed to any new defendant(s) or 

their counsel in the newly-filed or transferred case; and 

(c) Make an appropriate entry on the Master Docket. This Court requests the 

assistance of counsel in calling to the attention of the clerk of this Court the filing or transfer of any 

case which properly might be consolidated as part of In re Finisar Corp. Derivative Litigation. 

SCHEDULE 

9. Plaintiffs shall no later than 45 days from the entry of an Order appointing lead 

plaintiffs and lead counsel in this action, file and serve a Consolidated Complaint which will 

supersede all existing complaints filed in these actions. Defendants need not respond to any of the 

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pre-existing complaints. Service shall be effected with respect to defendants by serving the 

Consolidated Complaint on counsel for defendants. 

10. Defendants shall answer or otherwise respond to the Consolidated Complaint no later 

than 45 days from the date of service. In the event that defendants file and serve any motion directed 

at the Consolidated Complaint, plaintiffs shall file and serve their opposition within 45 days after the 

service of the motion. If defendants file and serve a reply to plaintiff’s opposition, they will do so 

within 30 days after service of the opposition. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

DATED: January 9, 2007 LERACH COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER 

 RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP 

SHAWN A. WILLIAMS 

MONIQUE C. WINKLER 

AELISH M. BAIG 

/s/ 

AELISH M. BAIG 

100 Pine Street, Suite 2600 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: 415/288-4545 

415/288-4534 (fax) 

LERACH COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER 

 RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP 

TRAVIS E. DOWNS III 

BENNY C. GOODMAN III 

655 West Broadway, Suite 1900 

San Diego, CA 92101 

Telephone: 619/231-1058 

619/231-7423 (fax) 

LERACH COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER 

 RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP 

THOMAS G. WILHELM 

9601 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 510 

Los Angeles, CA 90210 

Telephone: 310/859-3100 

310/278-2148 (fax) 

Counsel for Plaintiffs Lynn Short and Robert 

Lynch and [Proposed] Co-Lead Counsel for 

Plaintiffs 

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DATED: January 9, 2007 SAXENA WHITE P.A. 

MAYA SAXENA 

JOSEPH E. WHITE 

/s/ 

MAYA SAXENA 

5200 Town Center Circle, Suite 600 

Boca Raton, FL 33486 

Telephone: 954/701-3965 

888/782-3081 (fax) 

Counsel for Plaintiff City of Worcester 

Retirement System and [Proposed] Co-Lead 

Counsel for Plaintiffs 

I, Aelish M. Baig, am the ECF User whose ID and password are being used to file this 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONSOLIDATING CASES AND APPOINTING 

LEAD PLAINTIFFS AND LEAD COUNSEL. In compliance with General Order 45, X.B., I 

hereby attest that Maya Saxena has concurred in this filing. 

DATED: January 9, 2007 DLA PIPER 

DAVID A. PRIEBE 

/s/ 

DAVID A. PRIEBE 

2000 University Avenue 

East Palo Alto, CA 94303 

Telephone: 650/833-2000 

650/833-2001 (fax) 

Attorneys for Defendants 

I, Aelish M. Baig, am the ECF User whose ID and password are being used to file this 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONSOLIDATING CASES AND APPOINTING 

LEAD PLAINTIFFS AND LEAD COUNSEL. In compliance with General Order 45, X.B., I 

hereby attest that David A. Priebe has concurred in this filing. 

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O R D E R 

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

GRANTS the parties’ Stipulation. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: _________________________ 

THE HONORABLE RONALD M. WHYTE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on January 9, 2007, I electronically filed the foregoing with the Clerk of 

the Court using the CM/ECF system which will send notification of such filing to the e-mail 

addresses denoted on the attached Electronic Mail Notice List, and I hereby certify that I have 

mailed the foregoing document or paper via the United States Postal Service to the non-CM/ECF 

participants indicated on the attached Manual Notice List. 

 /s/ 

 AELISH M. BAIG 

LERACH COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER 

RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP 

100 Pine Street, Suite 2600 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: 415/288-4545 

415/288-4534 (fax) 

E-mail: aelishb@lerachlaw.com

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Mailing Information for a Case 5:06-cv-07660-RS 

Electronic Mail Notice List 

The following are those who are currently on the list to receive e-mail notices for this 

case. 

z Travis E. Downs, III

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z William S. Lerach

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z Darren J. Robbins

z Seth A. Safier

seth@gutridesafier.com 

z Shawn A. Williams

shawnw@lerachlaw.com 

e_file_sd@lerachlaw.com;e_file_sf@lerachlaw.com;AelishB@lerachlaw.com;Moniq

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The following is the list of attorneys who are not on the list to receive e-mail notices for 

this case (who therefore require manual noticing). You may wish to use your mouse to 

select and copy this list into your word processing program in order to create notices or 

labels for these recipients. 

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