Free Motion for Leave to File - District Court of California - California

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REED R. KATHREIN (139304) HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP 715 Hearst Avenue, Suite 202 Berkeley, CA 94710 Telephone: (510) 725-3000 Facsimile: (510) 725-3001 [email protected] LEWIS S. KAHN KAHN GAUTHIER SWICK, LLC 650 Poydras Street, Suite 2150 New Orleans, LA 70130 Telephone: (504) 455-1400 Facsimile: (504) 455-1498 [email protected] Attorneys for Plaintiffs [Additional counsel listed on signature page] UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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BIKASH MOHAN MOHANTY, On Behalf of ) Himself and All Others Similarly Situated, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) ) BIGBAND NETWORKS, INC., AMIR ) BASSAN-ESKENAZI, RAN OZ, FREDERICK ) BALL, GAL ISRAELY, DEAN GILBERT, ) KEN GOLDMAN, LLOYD CARNEY, BRUCE ) SACHS, ROBERT SACHS, GEOFFREY ) YANG, MORGAN STANLEY & CO., INC., ) MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & ) SMITH, INC., JEFFERIES & CO., INC., ) COWEN AND CO., INC., AND ) THINKEQUITY PARTNERS, LLC ) ) Defendants. ) )

Case No. 3:07-CV-05101-SBA ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION OF GWYN JONES TO FILE A SUR-REPLY IN RESPONSE TO NEWLY RAISED ARGUMENTS OF SPHERA FUND PURSUANT TO LOCAL RULE 7-11

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DENNIS KOESTERER, On Behalf of Himself and ) All Others Similarly Situated, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) BIGBAND NETWORKS, INC., AMIR BASSAN- ) ESKENAZI, FREDERICK A. BALL, RAN OZ, ) LLOYD CARNEY, DEAN GILBERT, KEN ) GOLDMAN, GAL ISRAELY, BRUCH SACHS, ) ROBERT SACHS, and GEOFFREY YANG ) ) Defendants. ) ) ABRENA WINSTON, Individually and On ) Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) BIGBAND NETWORKS, INC., AMIR ) BASSAN-ESKENAZI, RAN OZ, FREDERICK ) BALL, GAL ISRAELY, DEAN GILBERT, KEN ) GOLDMAN, LLOYD CARNEY, BRUCE ) SACHS, ROBERT SACHS, GEOFFREY ) YANG, MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER ) & SMITH, INC., MORGAN STANLEY & CO., ) INC., COWEN AND CO., JEFFERIES & CO., ) and THINKEQUITY PARTNERS, LLC ) ) Defendants. ) ) DONALD SMITH, On Behalf of Himself and All ) Others Similarly Situated, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) BIGBAND NETWORKS, INC., AMIR ) BASSAN-ESKENAZI, and FREDERICK A. ) BALL ) ) Defendants. ) )

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WAYNE LUZON, On Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated,

) ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) BIGBAND NETWORKS, INC., AMIR BASSAN- ) ESKENAZI, RAN OZ, FREDERICK BALL, GAL ) ISRAELY, DEAN GILBERT, KEN GOLDMAN, ) LLOYD CARNEY, BRUCE SACHS, ROBERT ) SACHS, GEOFFREY YANG, MORGAN ) STANLEY & CO., INC., MERRILL LYNCH, ) PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH, INC., JEFFERIES & ) CO., INC., COWEN AND CO., INC., and ) THINKEQUITY PARTNERS, LLC ) ) Defendants. ) ) DEBRA L. BERNSTEIN, Individually and On ) Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) BIGBAND NETWORKS, INC., AMIR BASSAN- ) ESKENAZI, RAN OZ, FREDERICK A. BALL, ) GAL ISRAELY, DEAN GILBERT, KENNETH A. ) GOLDMAN, LLOYD CARNEY, BRUCE I. ) SACHS, ROBERT J. SACHS, GEOFFREY Y. ) YANG, MORGAN STANLEY & CO., ) INCORPORATED, JEFFERIES & COMPANY, ) INC., MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE FENNER & ) SMITH INCORPORATED, COWEN AND ) COMPANY, LLC and THINKEQUITY ) PARTNERS LLC, ) ) Defendants. ) ) EUGENE HAMMER, On Behalf of Himself and ) All Others Similarly Situated, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) BIGBAND NETWORKS, INC., AMIR BASSAN- ) ESKENAZI, FREDERICK A. BALL, RAN OZ, ) LLOYD CARNEY, DEAN GILBERT, KEN ) GOLDMAN, GAL ISRAELY, BRUCE SACHS, ) ROBERT SACHS, and GEOFFREY YANG ) ) Defendants. ) )
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JAMES WILTJER, On Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff,

3 v. 4 BIGBAND NETWORKS, INC., et al. 5 Defendants. 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
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Pursuant to Local Rules 7-11(a) and 7-3(d) of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Caliornia, Movant Gwyn Jones ("Mr. Jones") seeks leave of the Court to file a sur-reply in response to arguments raised for the first time in Movant Sphera Fund's Reply Memorandum of Law In Further Support of Motion of Sphera Fund For Appointment As Lead Plaintiff and Approval of Selection of Lead Counsel [Dkt. No.39]. In its reply brief, Sphera Fund challenges Movant Mr. Jones' ability to serve as Lead Plaintiff because he is a resident of Cyprus. Id. at 3. In Whiteway v. FedEx Kinkos Office & Print Services, Inc., Case No. 05-cv-2320-SBA, 2007 U.S. Dist. Lexis 95398, ay *8-*9 (N.D. Cal. Dec. 18, 2007), this Court declined to consider an argument raised for the first time in the reply brief. Id. (citing Stewart v. Wachowski, No. cv 032873 MMM (VBKx), 2004 U.S. Dist. Lexis 26608, at *11 (C.D. Cal. Sept. 28, 2004); Dietrich v.

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MOT. OF GWYN JONES TO FILE A SUR-REPLY IN REPONSE TO NEWLY RAISED ARGUMENTS OF SPHERA FUND ­ NO. C 07-05101 SBA

Trek Bicycle Corp., 297 F. Supp. 2d 1122, 1128 (W.D. Wis. 2003); Grupo Gigante S.A. de C.V. v. Dallo & Co., 119 F. Supp. 2d 1083, 1103 n.15 (C.D. Cal. 2000)). Accordingly, Movant Mr. Jones respectfully requests leave of the Court to file a sur-reply in response to this newly raised argument. Mr. Jones submits the proposed sur-reply, attached as Exhibit A for the Court's consideration along with this motion. Dated: January 25, 2008 HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO, LLP

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/s/ Reed R. Kathrein REED R. KATHREIN

715 Hearst Avenue, Suite 202 Berkeley, CA 94710 Telephone: (510) 725-3000 Facsimile: (510) 725-3001 [email protected] Steve W. Berman HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO, LLP 1301 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2900 -1-

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MOT. OF GWYN JONES TO FILE A SUR-REPLY IN REPONSE

Seattle, WA 98101 Telephone: (206) 623-7292 Facsimile: (206) 623-0594 [email protected] Lewis S. Kahn KAHN GAUTHIER SWICK, LLC 650 Poydras Street, Suite 2150 New Orleans, LA 70130 Telephone: (504) 455-1400 Facsimile: (504) 455-1498 [email protected] Kim E. Miller KAHN GAUTHIER SWICK, LLC 12 East 41st Street, 12th Floor New York, NY 10017 Telephone: (212) 696-3730 Facsimile: (504) 455-1498 [email protected] Attorneys for Lead Plaintiff Movant Gwyn Jones, and Proposed Co-Lead Counsel for the Class

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on January 25, 2008 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 registered, as 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 nonCM/ECF participants indicated on the attached Manual Notice List.

/s/ Reed R. Kathrein REED R. KATHREIN

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