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Parties Involved:
Rackable Systems, Inc.
Counter-defendant
Super Micro Computer, Inc.
Counter-claimant

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Stipulation and [Proposed] Order Re Private 

Mediation 

Case No. C 05-03561 PJH 

 

[COUNSEL LISTED ON SIGNATURE PAGE] 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

RACKABLE SYSTEMS, INC., 

 Plaintiff, 

v. 

SUPER MICRO COMPUTER, INC., 

 Defendant. 

Case No. C 05-03561 PJH

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER REGARDING PRIVATE 

MEDIATION 

WHEREAS, the parties have agreed to mediation as their form of Alternative Dispute 

Resolution in this case; 

WHEREAS, the Court’s Case Management and Pretrial Order provides that mediation in this 

case be conducted no later than June 2, 2006; 

WHEREAS, the parties participated in an ADR Phone Conference with the Court’s ADR 

Unit on February 9, 2006, whereupon it was agreed that the parties would use a private mediator for 

mediation in this action; 

WHEREAS, the parties agreed at the ADR Phone Conference to file a stipulation reflecting 

their preference of a private mediator; 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the parties hereto, by their respective 

undersigned counsel of record herein, that the Honorable Eugene Lynch (Ret.) shall be the mediator 

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for this action. Mediation is scheduled to take place on May 9, 2006. 

 

Dated: March 8, 2006 

Respectfully submitted, 

s/ Benjamin R. Ostapuk 

Eric R. Lamison (Bar No. 178262) 

Benjamin R. Ostapuk (Bar No. 194364) 

KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP 

555 California St., 24th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94104 

Telephone: (415) 439-1400 

Facsimile: (415) 439-1500 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

RACKABLE SYSTEMS, INC. 

Dated: March 8, 2006 

Respectfully submitted, 

s/ Richard I. Yankwich 

Richard I. Yankwich (Bar No. 089924) 

Alan A. Limbach (Bar No. 173059) 

DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP 

2000 University Avenue 

East Palo Alto, California 94303-2215 

Telephone: (650) 833-2000 

Facsimile: (650) 833-2001 

Attorneys for Defendant 

SUPER MICRO COMPUTER, INC. 

 PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO 

ORDERED: 

____________________________________ 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

DATED: ______________________ 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton

3/9/06

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ATTESTATION PURSUANT TO GENERAL ORDER 45

 I, Benjamin R. Ostapuk, attest that concurrence in the filing of this document has been 

obtained from counsel for defendant Super Micro Computer, Inc. I declare under penalty of perjury 

under the laws of the United States of America that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed this 

8th day of March, 2006 at San Francisco, California. 

 

s/Benjamin R. Ostapuk 

 ___________________________ 

 Benjamin R. Ostapuk 

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