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Nature of Suit Code: 370
Nature of Suit: Other Fraud
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Fraud

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WO

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

R & L Limited Investments, Inc., an 

Arizona corporation, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

Cabot Investment Properties, LLC, a 

Massachusetts limited liability company; 

Cabot Creekside Acquisition, LLC, a 

Delaware limited liability company; Carlton 

P. Cabot, a single man; and Timothy J. 

Kroll, a single man, 

Defendants.

No. CV-09-1575-PHX-DGC

ORDER 

 Defendants have filed a motion for leave to amend their answer to add the defense 

of loss causation. Doc. 78. Plaintiff does not oppose the motion. Doc. 81. The Court 

finds that good cause exists to extend the deadline for amending pleadings set forth in the 

case management order (Doc. 48). See Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)(4); Johnson v. Mammoth 

Recreations, Inc., 975 F.2d 604, 608 (9th Cir. 1992). Given the policy in favor of leave 

to amend, see Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(2), the Court will grant Defendants’ motion. See also

Foman v. Davis, 371 U.S. 178, 182 (1962); Owens v. Kaiser Found. Health Plan, Inc., 

244 F.3d 708, 880 (9th Cir. 2001). 

IT IS ORDERED:

 1. Defendants’ motion for leave to amend answer (Doc. 78) is granted. 

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 2. Defendants shall file the amended answer (see Doc. 78-1) by April 1, 2011. 

 3. The deadlines set forth in the case management order (Doc. 48) remain in 

effect. 

 Dated this 25th day of March, 2011. 

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