Helgah V. Yeff v. James M. Barrett et al.

SUPERIOR COURT, STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA Department 12 Honorable Nahal Iravani-Sani, Presiding Courtroom Clerk, Ryan Nguyen 191 North First Street, San Jose, CA 95113 Telephone: (408) 882-2230

DATE: 08/21/2026 TIME: 9:00 A.M. and 9:01 A.M.

LINE 3 24CV443748 Helgah V. Yeff Defendant/Cross-Complainant moves to compel Plaintiff/Cross- v. LINE 4 James M. Barrett et al. Defendant to respond to discovery. Plaintiff/Cross-Defendant LINE 5 opposes, contending that the motion was stayed while Plaintiff/Cross-Defendant’s anti-SLAPP motion was pending and is only now ripe for determination.

The Court finds that the statutory discovery stay under Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16, subdivision (g), applied to the pending motions to compel and that Plaintiff/Cross-Defendant did not waive the stay by failing to oppose the motions. The motions were therefore stayed while the anti-SLAPP motion was pending. (Britts v. Superior Court (2006) 145 Cal.App.4th 1112, 1124– 1127.)

The anti-SLAPP motion was denied and notice of entry of the order was served on August 19, 2026. Accordingly, the statutory discovery stay has terminated.

The parties shall meet and confer in good faith regarding each motion to compel and attempt to resolve and narrow the issues in dispute. The parties shall file a joint statement by October 2, 2026, identifying the discovery requests that remain disputed and the relief sought.

The three motions to compel are CONTINUED to October 21, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. Plaintiff/Cross-Defendant shall file and serve any opposition to the remaining disputed issues by October 7, 2026, and Defendant/Cross-Complainant shall file and serve any reply by October 14, 2026.

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