Young

Filed 9/16/21 Young v. The Leland Stanford Junior Univ. CA1/

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION THREE

QIQIUIA YOUNG,

Plaintiff and Respondent, A161237 v. (Alameda County THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR Super. Ct. No. RG17877051) UNIVERSITY et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Defendant Stanford Health Care (Stanford Health) appeals from an order denying its motion to strike plaintiff Qiqiuia Young’s defamation claim under Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16 (anti-SLAPP1 motion or motion to strike).2 Young alleged Stanford Health’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) published a defamatory letter implying she lied about facts in her lawsuit against…