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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Breach of Contract

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALORNIA

AMERICAN ZURICH INSURANCE 

COMPANY,

Plaintiff,

v.

ESG REPUBLIC, INC., ESG REPUBLIC II, 

LLC, WORKLOGIC HR INSURANCE 

SERVICES LLC, BRADLEY C. BURKS, 

JEFFREY D. THORN, VENSURE HR, INC. 

and DOES 1 to 10, inclusive,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:23-cv-00643-NODJ-CDB

ORDER ON STIPULATION GRANTING

PLAINTIFF LEAVE TO FILE SECOND 

AMENDED COMPLAINT

(Doc. 32)

JANUARY 22, 2024, DEADLINE

Plaintiff initiated this action with the filing of a complaint on April 27, 2023. (Doc. 1). 

On June 28, 2023, Plaintiff filed the now-operative first amended complaint. (Doc. 11).

Pursuant to the scheduling order entered in this action, any motions to amend the 

pleadings were to be filed by January 13, 2024. (Doc. 21 at 3). The scheduling order further 

provides:

All proposed amendments must (A) be supported by good cause 

pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b) if the amendment requires any 

modification to the existing schedule, see Johnson v. Mammoth 

Recreations, Inc., 975 F.2d 604, 609 (9th Cir. 1992), and (B) establish, 

under Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a), that such an amendment is not (1) 

prejudicial to the opposing party, (2) the product of undue delay, (3) 

proposed in bad faith, or (4) futile, see Foman v. Davis, 371 U.S. 178, 

182 (1962).

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Id.

Pending before the Court is the parties’ stipulated request to permit Plaintiff to file a 

second amended complaint. (Doc. 32). Although the filing was made several days after the 

deadline to request leave to file an amended pleading, the Court had considered the Foman

factors set forth above and finds good cause to grant Plaintiff leave to file a second amended 

complaint.

For the foregoing reasons, it is HEREBY ORDERED:

1. No later than January 22, 2024, Plaintiff SHALL FILE as a stand-alone docket 

entry the second amended complaint attached as Exhibit A to the parties’ 

stipulation (Doc. 32 pp. 5-15); and

2. Defendants’ time to respond to Plaintiff’s second amended complaint shall be 

governed by Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(3).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 17, 2024 ___________________ _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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