HEARING ON DEMURRER TO 1st Amended COMPLAINT of TRUJILLO FILED

BY SOPHIA LEIBY, DAWN WEINSTEIN NP , PLANNED PARENTHOOD:

* TENTATIVE RULING: *

Defendants Planned Parenthood: Shasta-Diablo, Inc. and Dawn Weinstein demur to the First Amended Complaint (FAC) on limitations grounds. The demurrer is overruled. Defendants shall file and serve their answer by June 14, 2019.

Plaintiff filed her opposition four court days late. Defendants were able to file a reply responding to the opposition. The Court will consider the late filed opposition, but if plaintiff files late papers in the future they may be stricken or disregarded.

In a nutshell: The Court sustained defendants’ demurrer to the original complaint, but granted leave to amend, commenting on what kinds of allegations would be necessary to avoid defeat at the pleadings stage. Plaintiff has now made those allegations. Defendants don’t think plaintiff will be able to prove them, which remains to be seen. For the present, though, the F