ISELLA CANTU VS. SPRING FERTILITY MANAGEMENT, LLC ET AL

Set for Law and Motion/Discovery Calendar on Thursday, July 23, 2026, Line 8.

Plaintiff Isabel Cantu's motion to lift stay and for leave to amend complaint is granted in part. The stay imposed by the February 18, 2025 order is lifted and Cantu is granted leave to file a first amended complaint that adds Yunuen Bautista as a named plaintiff to allege only claims and only for such time periods that have not been released or resolved by De Alba cases (Alameda County Superior Court cases 23CV034590 and 23CV048946).

Because the only matters remaining in those cases is administration of the court-approved settlement terms reflected in a final judgment, the stay is lifted by its terms and there is no reason that the stay should remain in place. Cantu recognizes that it would be inappropriate to re-litigate any claims released or resolved in the De Alba cases and states in her reply memorandum on this motion that she has no intention of doing so. Accordingly, her first amended complaint may allege only claims and only for such time periods that have not been released or resolved by De Alba cases.

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