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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TIFFANY FAHRNI, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

COUNTY OF TULARE, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:23-cv-01265-KES-SAB

ORDER RE JOINT STATUS REPORT

(ECF No. 51)

Plaintiffs filed this action on August 23, 2023. (ECF No. 1) The operative first amended 

complaint asserts claims against Defendants: (1) County of Tulare; (2) Precision Psychiatric 

Services, Inc.; (3) Anthony Ceja; (4) Sureshbabu Kurra; (5) Adolfo Gallardo, Jr.; (6) Salvador 

Santillan; (7) Anyval Suarez; (8) Wellpath, LLC (“Wellpath”); and (9) Alla Liberstein, MD. 

(ECF No. 29.) The initial scheduling conference was held on December 5, 2023. (ECF No. 24.)

Neither the pretrial conference nor trial have been set in this matter. 

On November 15, 2024, Defendant Wellpath filed a suggestion of bankruptcy and notice 

of stay indicating that on November 11, 2024, Wellpath filed for bankruptcy in the United States 

Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas (Houston Division) for relief under chapter 

11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”). (ECF No. 46.) The 

bankruptcy case is pending under case number 24-90563-(ARP). 

On November 18, 2024, the Court tentatively ordered a stay of this action against 

Wellpath only, pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 362(a), and that the action proceed against the other 

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seventeen defendants. (ECF No. 47.) The Court ordered that the parties not subject to the 

automatic stay either request a status conference or file a status report indicating whether this 

action should proceed in some manner against any of the named Defendants, if this matter should 

be stayed in its entirety, or whether a settlement conference should be set. 

On November 25, 2024, Defendants Wellpath and Alla Liberstein, MD filed an amended 

notice of stay and provided an Amended Interim Order Enforcing the Automatic Stay ordered by 

the Bankruptcy Judge presiding over the Bankruptcy proceeding in United States Bankruptcy 

Court for the Southern District of Texas. (ECF No. 50.) Therein, the Bankruptcy Judge ordered 

that Wellpath and “non-debtor” Wellpath defendants, such as Alla Liberstein, MD, are also 

subject to the stay. (ECF No. 50-2.)

On December 3, 2024, Plaintiffs and Defendants County of Tulare; Precision Psychiatric 

Services, Inc.; Anthony Ceja; Sureshbabu Kurra; Adolfo Gallardo, Jr.; Salvador Santillan; and

Anyval Suarez (“Non-Bankruptcy Parties”) filed a joint status report. (ECF No. 51.) Plaintiffs 

represent that they have retained bankruptcy counsel, which filed an opposition to any Final 

Interim Order’s application to individual non-debtor Wellpath defendants like Dr. Liberstein. 

The Non-Bankruptcy Parties agree that until the Final Order regarding the stay is entered in the 

bankruptcy action, they will continue to litigate this action with respect to all parties except for 

Wellpath, LLC and Dr. Liberstein. The Non-Bankruptcy Parties do not believe that this action is 

yet ripe for a settlement conference. 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that within fifteen (15) days of the entry of the Final Order 

in the bankruptcy action, Plaintiffs shall notify the Court whether this action may proceed against 

Defendant Alla Liberstein M.D.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 9, 2024 

STANLEY A. BOONE

United States Magistrate Judge

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