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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:12101 Americans with Disabilities Act

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Regina Lynn Villone, 

Plaintiff, 

vs.

United Parcel Services, Inc.,

Defendant. 

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No. CV-09-8213-PHX-LOA

ORDER

 This case arises on Defendant United Parcel Services, Inc.’s (“UPS”) Motion to

Amend Answer, filed on May 28, 2010. (docket # 29) No opposition has been timely filed by

Plaintiff.

The Rule 16 scheduling order authorizes the parties to file motions to amend

pleadings by Friday, May 28, 2010. UPS’s Motion is timely and, therefore, amendment is

measured by Rule 15(a)(2)’s more liberal standard, not Rule 16’s higher good-cause standard.

Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc., 975 F.2d 604, 607-08 (9th Cir. 1992) (once scheduling

order is filed pursuant to Rule 16(b), the good-cause standard controls over the Rule 15(a)

standard). Rule 15(a)(2), Fed.R.Civ.P. provides, in part, “[t]he court should freely give leave

when justice so requires.”); also see, Foman v. Davis, 371 U.S. 178 (1962). The policy

underlying the liberal allowance of amendment is to facilitate a proper decision on the merits

rather than on the pleadings or technicalities. Eldridge v. Block, 832 F.2d 1132, 1135 (9th Cir.

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1987). “Rule 15’s policy of favoring amendments to pleadings should be applied with extreme

liberality.” Id.; Monroe v. Gagan, 2009 WL 529893, * 1 (D.Ariz. 2009). 

IT IS ORDERED that Defendant United Parcel Services, Inc.’s Motion to Amend

Answer, docket # 29, is GRANTED. Pursuant to LRCiv 15.1, as amended on December 1,

2009, Defendant “must file and serve [the Amended Answer] on all parties under Rule 5 of the

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure within fourteen (14) days of the filing of the order granting

leave to amend . . . .”

Dated this 25th day of June, 2010.

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