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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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Sanjay S. Schmidt (SBN 247475) 

LAW OFFICE OF SANJAY S. SCHMIDT 

1388 Sutter Street, Suite 810 

San Francisco, CA 94109 

T: (415) 563-8583 

F: (415) 223-9717 

e-mail: ss@sanjayschmidtlaw.com 

T. Kennedy Helm, IV (SBN 282319) 

HELM LAW OFFICE, PC 

644 40th Street, Suite 305 

Oakland, California 94609 

T: (510) 350-7517 

F: (510) 350-7359 

email: kennedy@helmlawoffice.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

Lindsey M. Romano (SBN: 337600) 

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP 

275 Battery Street, Suite 2000 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 875-4126 

Facsimile: (415) 986-8054 

Email: lromano@grsm.com 

Attorneys for Defendants 

Wellpath, LLC., Christina Boets, M.F.T., 

and Taylor Fithian, M.D. 

PORTER SCOTT 

A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

Carl L. Fessenden, SBN 161494 

cfessenden@porterscott.com

Matthew W. Gross, SBN 324007 

mgross@porterscott.com

Melissa Yoest, SBN 343313 

myoest@porterscott.com 

2180 Harvard Street, Suite 500 

Sacramento, California 95815 

TEL: 916.929.1481 

FAX: 916.927.3706 

Attorneys for Defendants 

County of Yuba, Sergeant Arbjit Singh 

Kandola, and Sergeant Jeffrey T. Palmer 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

CHUE DOA YANG, individually, and MAI 

THAO YANG, individually, 

Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

COUNTY OF YUBA, a public entity; 

Correctional Sergeant SARBJIT SINGH 

KANDOLA, individually; 

Correctional Sergeant JEFFREY T. 

PALMER, individually; WELLPATH, LLC; 

CHRISTINA BOETS, M.F.T., individually; 

TAYLOR FITHIAN, M.D., individually; 

Nominal Defendant L.Y.., a minor, by and 

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Case No.: 2:23-cv-00066-TLN-JDP 

STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR 

FILING OF FIRST AMENDED 

COMPLAINT AND RELIEVING 

PLAINTIFFS FROM RESPONDING 

TO MOTION TO DISMISS AS 

MOOT (ECF NO. 20) 

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through his to-be-determined guardian ad 

litem, individually and as co-successor in 

interest to Decedent TONG YANG; 

Nominal Defendant NATALIE YANG, 

individually and as co-successor in interest to 

Decedent TONG YANG; 

Nominal Defendant NINA YANG, 

individually and as co-successor in interest to 

Decedent TONG YANG; Nominal Defendant 

KACIE YANG, individually and as cosuccessor in interest to Decedent TONG) 

YANG; 

Nominal Defendant MIKE YANG, 

individually and as co-successor in interest to 

Decedent TONG YANG; Nominal Defendant 

DYLAN YANG, individually and as cosuccessor in interest to Decedent TONG 

YANG; 

Nominal Defendant DARREN YANG, 

individually and as co-successor in interest to 

Decedent TONG YANG; and, DOES 1-50, 

jointly and severally, 

Defendants. 

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Plaintiffs CHUE DOA YANG, individually, and MAI THAO YANG, individually, 

(“Plaintiffs”), Defendants WELLPATH, LLC, CHRISTINA BOETS, M.F.T., and TAYLOR 

FITHIAN, M.D. (collectively referred to as the “Wellpath Defendants”), and Defendants COUNTY 

OF YUBA, SARBJIT SINGH KANDOLA, and JEFFREY T. PALMER, by and through their 

undersigned counsel of record, hereby represent to the Court and stipulate as follows: 

The Parties have fruitfully met and conferred by email and phone regarding perceived 

pleading deficiencies in the Complaint, among other issues, which may be addressed once 

Defendants County has produced informal discovery, which it will do once the proposed stipulated 

protective order for confidential documents has been entered, and once Defendant Wellpath has 

produced further documents. 

To allow time for Plaintiffs’ counsel to review the informal production; to meet and confer 

further about it and any remaining perceived legal deficiencies in the Complaint; and to draft the 

First Amended Complaint, the Parties stipulate that, in lieu of responding to the motion to dismiss 

(ECF No. 20), since the First Amended Complaint will render it moot, the motion is hereby 

withdrawn and Plaintiffs may have until October 16, 2023, to file a First Amended Complaint. 

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The Wellpath Defendants shall file their response to Plaintiffs’ First Amended Complaint 

thirty days later. If the Wellpath Defendants elect to file any responsive pleading other than an 

answer, the following briefing schedule will apply: Plaintiffs shall have thirty days from the filing 

of the Wellpath Defendants’ motion to file an Opposition. The Wellpath Defendants’ Reply to 

Plaintiffs’ Opposition shall be due fourteen days after the filing of Plaintiffs’ Opposition. 

Given that Plaintiffs will file a First Amended Complaint, Plaintiffs need not file an 

opposition to Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss by August 16, 2023. (ECF No. 25). 

IT IS SO STIPULATED AND AGREED. 

 Respectfully Submitted, 

DATED: August 16, 2023 LAW OFFICE OF SANJAY S. SCHMIDT 

 -and- 

 HELM LAW OFFICE, PC 

By: /s/ Sanjay S. Schmidt 

 Sanjay S. Schmidt 

 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

DATED: August 16, 2023 GORDON REES SCULLY MANSUKHANI, LLP 

By: /s/ Lindsey M. Romano* 

 Lindsey M. Romano 

 Attorneys for Defendants 

 Wellpath, LLC., Christina Boets, M.F.T., 

 and Taylor Fithian, M.D. 

DATED: August 16, 2023 PORTER SCOTT 

 A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION 

By: /s/ Matthew W. Gross* 

 Carl L. Fessenden 

 Matthew W. Gross 

 Melissa Yoest 

 Attorneys for Defendants 

County Of Yuba, Sergeant Arbjit Singh 

Kandola, and Sergeant Jeffrey T. Palmer 

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*Pursuant to Local Rule 131(e), counsel has authorized submission of this document on counsel’s 

behalf. 

ORDER 

GOOD CAUSE APPEARING THEREFOR, and the Parties having stipulated to the same, 

the Parties’ stipulation is hereby APPROVED: 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiffs need not file a response to the motion to dismiss 

(ECF No. 20) on August 16, 2023, which will be rendered moot by the pending First Amended 

Complaint. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiffs may have until October 16, 2023, to file a First 

Amended Complaint. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Wellpath Defendants shall file their response to 

Plaintiffs’ First Amended Complaint thirty days later. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, if the Wellpath Defendants elect to file any responsive 

pleading other than an answer, the following briefing schedule will apply: Plaintiffs shall have thirty 

days from the filing of the Wellpath Defendants’ motion to file an Opposition. The Wellpath 

Defendants’ Reply to Plaintiffs’ Opposition shall be due fourteen days after the filing of Plaintiffs’ 

Opposition. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: August 17, 2023 

Troy L. Nunley

United States District Judge

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