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Parties Involved:
Omni Family Health
Defendant
Nina Wall
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

NINA WALL,

Plaintiff,

v.

OMNI FAMILY HEALTH,

Defendant.

Case No. 1:24-cv-01490-KES-CDB

ORDER ON STIPULATION EXTENDING 

TIME FOR DEFENDANT TO RESPOND TO 

COMPLAINT

(Doc. 9)

ORDER VACATING MARCH 11, 2025, 

SCHEDULING CONFERENCE

Relevant Background

On October 25, 2024, Plaintiff Nina Wall (“Plaintiff”) initiated this action with the filing 

of a complaint on behalf of herself and a putative class of others against Defendant Omni Family 

Health (“Defendant”) in the Superior Court of the State of California, Kern County, entitled Nina 

Wall v. Omni Family Health, Case No. BCV-24-103682. (Doc. 1). On December 6, 2024, 

Defendant removed the action to this Court. (Id.). On December 10, 2024, the parties stipulated 

pursuant to Local Rule 144(a) to extend by 28 days the time for Defendant to respond to the 

complaint, up to and including January 10, 2025. (Doc. 5). On January 8, 2025, Defendant filed 

the Notice of Related Cases and identified as related several actions, including at the time 13 

cases before this Court, eight cases before the Kern County Superior Court, and one case before 

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the Fresno County Superior Court.1 (Doc. 8 at 1-3). Defendant therein advised it intends to 

remove all the state actions pending in the Superior Courts of California pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 

§ 1446(b). (Id. at 3). Defendant attests that it has either been served or waived service in all the 

cases identified aside from three of the state actions. (Id.).

This action is one of several similar class action suits brought in or removed to this Court 

in which plaintiffs assert similar claims against Defendant. See, e.g., Gober Villatoro Guerra v. 

Omni Family Health, Case No. 1:24-cv-01492-JLT-CDB (“Guerra”) (Doc. 6). In Guerra, the 

Court noted the class action complaints here and the other Omni actions allege substantially 

similar facts and nearly identical causes of action against Defendant. (Id. at 1-2) (“From review 

of the several complaints, it appears these actions arise from a recent, alleged cyberattack 

resulting in a data breach of sensitive information in the possession and custody and/or control 

of Defendant (the ‘Data Breach’).”).

The Court ordered Defendant to file a Notice of Related Cases in accordance with Local 

Rule 123(b) in Guerra and the identified Omni actions therein, including the instant action. (Id.

at 3). The Court further ordered the parties in Guerra to show cause why this action should or 

should not be consolidated pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 42(a). (Id.). On 

December 27, 2024, Defendant filed the Notice of Related Cases and identified as related, inter 

alia, the instant action. (Guerra, Doc. 8); see (Doc. 8). On December 30, 2024, the parties in 

Guerra filed a joint status report in response to the Court’s show cause order. (Guerra, Doc. 9). 

Therein, Defendant represents it intends to file a motion to substitute the United States in the 

matter and all other related Omni matters. (Id. at 1).

The Guerra parties represent that they will file in the first filed of the Omni federal 

actions – Ellen Pace v. Omni Family Health, Case No. 1:24-cv-01277-JLT-CDB – a joint 

stipulation and proposed order consolidating and staying the Omni actions pending resolution of 

the earlier of Defendant’s forthcoming motion to substitute or motions to remand in Abraham, 

1 The Court notes two of the identified Omni actions were voluntarily dismissed. See Brandon 

Cubit v. Omni Family Health, No. 1:24-cv-01491-KES-CDB (Doc. 5) & Katarina Hernandez 

individually and as next friend on behalf of S.A. (minor) v. Omni Family Health, Superior Court of 

the State of California, County of Kern, Case No. BCV-24-103697 (dismissed on Dec. 23, 2024).

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et al. v. Omni Family Health, Case No. 1:24-cv-01456-CDB (“Abraham”) (Abraham, Doc. 7) as 

well as Scott Stevenson and Marcos Mantoya v. Omni Family Health, No. 1:24-cv-01459-CDB 

(“Stevenson”) (Stevenson, Doc. 11). (Id. at 2). 

Pending Stipulated Request

Pending before the Court is the parties’ stipulated request to extend by 30 additional days 

the time for Defendant to respond to the complaint, through and including February 10, 2025, 

filed on January 8, 2025. (Doc. 9). The parties represent the requested extension will allow time 

for: (a) other federal court actions filed against Defendant to be consolidated; (b) the Court to 

rule upon Defendant’s forthcoming motion to substitute the United States in this case as a 

defendant pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act, 42 U.S.C. § 233; and (c) the Court to rule 

upon the pending motions to remand. (Doc. 9 at 2). The parties represent that good cause exists 

to grant the requested extension in the efficiencies from allowing consolidation to occur and 

ruling on the pending motions to substitute and to remand. (Id.).

Conclusion and Order

Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:

1. Defendant shall have until February 10, 2025, to respond to the complaint by filing 

an answer or other responsive pleading. See Local Rule 144(a); and

2. The scheduling conference set for March 11, 2025 (Doc. 4) is VACATED to be reset 

as necessary following ruling on the pending motions to remand in Stevenson and 

Abraham and resolution of the issue of consolidation.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 10, 2025 ___________________ _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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