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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Federal Question: Other Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRESNO DIVISION

Plaintiffs A.G. and F.G., both minors, by and through their guardian ad litem Johana 

LINDSEY M. ROMANO (SBN: 337600)

lromano@grsm.com

GORDON REES SCULLY MANSUKHANI, LLP

275 Battery Street, Suite 2000

San Francisco, CA 94111

Telephone: (415) 875-4126

Facsimile: (415) 986-8054

Attorneys for Defendants

WELLPATH, LLC, ANDREW P. HO, M.D., AND ALLA LIBERSTEIN, M.D. 

T. KENNEDY HELM, IV (SBN: 282319)

kennedy@helmlawoffice.com

HELM LAW OFFICE, PC

644 40th Street, Suite 305

Oakland, CA 94609

Telephone: (510) 350-7517

Facsimile: (510) 350-7359

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

A.G. and F.G.

 

A.G., a minor, by and through her guardian ad 

litem Johana Yolanda Corral Galvan, 

individually and as co-successor in interest to 

Decedent Francisco Ponce Jr.; F.G., a minor, 

by and through her Guardian ad Litem Johana 

Yolanda Corral Galvan, individually and as 

co-successor in interest to Decedent Francisco 

Ponce, Jr.; individually, 

Plaintiffs,

vs.

COUNTY OF TULARE, a public entity; 

Correctional Deputy Trainee JOSE SANCHEZ 

PEREZ; Correctional Deputy JAMES 

DILLON; Correctional Deputy RODRIGO 

DEOCHOA; WELLPATH, LLC, a Delaware 

Corporation; ANDREW P. HO, M.D.; ALLA 

LIBERSTEIN, M.D.; and DOES 7-50, jointly 

and severally,

Defendants.

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CASE NO. 1:23-cv-000500-JLT-SKO

SECOND STIPULATION AND 

ORDER TO EXTEND TIME FOR 

DEFENDANTS WELLPATH, LLC,

ANDREW P. HO, M.D., AND ALLA 

LIBERSTEIN, M.D. TO FILE 

RESPONSE TO PLAINTIFFS’ FIRST 

AMENDED COMPLAINT

(Doc. 44)

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Yolanda Corral Galvan, individually and as co-successor in interest to Decedent Francisco 

Ponce Jr. (“Plaintiffs”); and Defendants Wellpath, LLC, Andrew P. Ho, M.D., and Alla 

Liberstein, M.D. (“Wellpath Defendants”), by and through their undersigned counsel of 

record, hereby stipulate as follows: 

1. On March 28, 2024, this Court approved the Plaintiffs’ and Wellpath Defendants’

stipulation to extend the deadline for the Wellpath Defendants’ responsive pleading from 

March 25, 2024 until April 24, 2024. ECF No. 43. The Parties had previously obtained a 28-

day extension of time, pursuant to Local Rule 144(a), for the Wellpath Defendants to file a 

responsive pleading to Plaintiffs’ First Amended Complaint. ECF No. 34.

2. Plaintiffs and the Wellpath Defendants have since held two meet-and-confer phone

conference calls to see if claimed deficiencies in Plaintiffs’ First Amended Complaint may be 

addressed without motion practice. 

3. Plaintiffs and the Wellpath Defendants believe that further meet-and-confer efforts may 

lead to the narrowing or possible elimination of the issues, and they have scheduled a further 

meet-and-confer phone conference call for April 30, 2024. 

4. Accordingly, Plaintiffs and the Wellpath Defendants hereby stipulate and agree that 

the Wellpath Defendants’ deadline to file a response to the First Amended Complaint shall be 

extended from the current date of April 24, 2024 until May 1, 2024. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

DATED: April 23, 2024 GORDON REES SCULLY MANSUKHANI, LLP

By: /s/ Kendra N. Stark*

 Kendra N. Stark

 Attorneys for Wellpath Defendants

DATED: April 23, 2024 HELM LAW OFFICE, PC

By: /s/ T. Kennedy Helm, IV

 T. Kennedy Helm, IV

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 Attorney for Plaintiffs A.G. and F.G.

 

ATTORNEY ATTESTATION

*I hereby attest that I have been authorized by Ms. Stark to show her signature on this 

document as /s/.

Dated: April 23, 2024 /s/ T. Kennedy Helm, IV

T. Kennedy Helm, IV 

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ORDER

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

same (Doc. 44), the Parties’ stipulation is hereby APPROVED. 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendants Wellpath, LLC, Andrew P. Ho, M.D., and 

Alla Liberstein, M.D. shall file their response to Plaintiffs’ First Amended Complaint by May

1, 2024.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 25, 2024 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto .

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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