Doss
Doss v. County of Alameda
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 BARBARA DOSS, et al., Case No. 19-cv-07940-CRB
Plaintiffs,
ORDER REGARDING
v.
AUTOMATIC STAY
COUNTY OF ALAMEDA, et al., Defendants.
On November 15, 2024, Defendant Wellpath, Inc. filed a suggestion of bankruptcy and notice of stay (dkt. 148), in which Wellpath indicated that it had filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy in the Southern District of Texas. Pursuant to section 362 of the Bankruptcy Code, Judge Alfredo Pérez of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas entered an automatic stay of any proceedings against Wellpath. That stay applies here. Then, on November 26, 2024, Defendant Guadalupe Garcia filed a suggestion of bankruptcy and notice of stay (dkt. 149) in which she raised the same stay order from Judge Pérez but asserted that it should operate as a stay of this case “in its entirety, including the plaintiffs’ claims against the non-Debtor defendants [i.e., Defendants other than Wellpath].” Garcia quotes…