Langley
Langley v. Guiding Hands School, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 STACIA LANGLEY, et al., No. 2:20-cv-00635-DJC-CSK Plaintiffs, v.
GUIDING HANDS SCHOOL, INC., et al., 15 Defendants. 16 This action was previously stayed on March 1, 2022, pending the resolution of state criminal proceedings related to the events underlying some of this action. Plaintiffs Stacia Langley and Estate of Max Benson have filed a motion requesting that the stay be partially lifted for the limited purposes of filing motions to sever claims and for leave to amend, as well as so limited discovery can begin for defendants and third parties not subject to the criminal proceedings. (Mot. (ECF No. 302).) For the reasons stated below, the Court grants in part and denies in part this motion. I. Background Plaintiffs are children and parents of children who attended Guiding Hands School (“GHS”), a nonpublic school contracted by various school districts to provide special education services. Plaintiffs’ claims concern the treatment of students at GHS 28 …