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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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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DORIS ANDERSON, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

COUNTY OF FRESNO, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:21-cv-01134-KES-SAB

ORDER RE JOINT STATUS REPORT; 

STAYING DISCOVERY; SETTING 

SCHEDULING CONFERENCE FOR 

JANUARY 9, 2025

(ECF No. 114)

Plaintiffs filed this action on July 23, 2021. (ECF No. 1) The operative third amended 

complaint asserts claims against Defendants: (1) County of Fresno; (2) Margaret Mims; (3) 

California Forensic Medical Group, also known as Wellpath, LLC (“Wellpath”); (4) Jami Carter; 

(5) Chris Garcia; (6) Frank Ponce; (7) Moises Franco; (8) Meng Cha; (9) Linda Thao; (10) Ka 

Her; (11) Jose Alanis; (12) Anthony Sanchez; (13) Rachel LeBoeuf; (14) David Ventura; (15) 

Dillon Owens; (16) Jonathan Sanchez; (17) Genevieve Garcia; and (18) Maria Guerrero. (ECF 

No. 97.) A scheduling conference was held on December 11, 2023. (ECF No. 104.) 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 

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

On November 19, 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 

seventeen defendants. (ECF No. 112.) 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 26, 2024, Defendants Wellpath, Genevieve Garcia, and Maria Guerrero

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. 113.) Therein, the 

Bankruptcy Judge ordered that Wellpath and “non-debtor” Wellpath defendants such as 

Genevieve Garcia and Maria Guerrero are also subject to an interim stay. (ECF No. 113-2.)

On December 4, 2024, Plaintiffs Doris Anderson and James Jenkins (“Plaintiffs”); and 

defendants County of Fresno, Sheriff-Coroner Margaret Mims, Correctional Lieutenant Jami 

Carter, Correctional Sergeant Chris Garcia, Correctional Officers Frank Ponce, Moises Franco, 

Meng Cha, Linda Thao, Ka Her, Anthony Sanchez, Rachel LeBoeuf, David Ventura, Dillon 

Owens, Jose Alanis, and Jonathan Sanchez (“County Defendants”) (collectively “the NonBankruptcy Parties”) filed a joint status report. (ECF No. 114.) The Non-Bankruptcy Parties 

request that the Court set a status conference within 45 days to discuss the Non-Bankruptcy 

Parties’ respective positions regarding whether a settlement conference would be productive and, 

if not, whether the case can proceed against only the County Defendants. The Non-Bankruptcy 

Parties request that all deadlines, including the December 20, 2024, expert disclosure deadline be 

stayed through the status conference, at which time new case management deadlines will be set, 

if needed.

The parties’ joint report does not address whether they will or already have contested the 

application of the automatic stay to non-debtor defendants, Genevieve Garcia and Maria 

Guerrero. Rather, the Non-Bankruptcy Parties request a stay of the entire action until they can 

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confer to engage in a productive status conference. The Court finds good cause to stay this 

action until a January 9, 2025 status conference. The Court shall order that the Non-Bankruptcy 

Parties file a joint status report one week prior to the status conference summarizing the parties’ 

respective positions whether a settlement conference would be productive, whether the case can 

proceed against only the County Defendants, and shall inform the Court as to any the status of 

the Final Order to enforce the automatic stay to non-debtor Defendants Genevieve Garcia and

Maria Guerrero. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. A status conference is set for January 9, 2025 at 9:30 a.m. in Courtroom 9; 

2. The Non-Bankruptcy Parties shall file a joint status report one week before the 

status conference; and 

3. All remaining deadlines contained within the December 11, 2023 scheduling 

order (ECF No. 105), including the December 20, 2024, expert disclosure 

deadline, are STAYED through the status conference. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 9, 2024 

STANLEY A. BOONE

United States Magistrate Judge

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