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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Personal Injury

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

AMY, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

RANDALL STEVEN CURTIS,

Defendant.

Case No. 19-cv-02184-PJH 

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS' 

MOTION TO FILE A FIRST AMENDED 

COMPLAINT AND VACATING 

HEARING

Re: Dkt. No. 77

Before the court is plaintiffs’ motion to file a first amended complaint. Dkt. 77. 

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15 requires that a plaintiff obtain either consent of the 

defendant or leave of court to amend its complaint once the defendant has answered, but 

“leave shall be freely given when justice so requires.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a). Leave to 

amend is granted with “extreme liberality.” Chodos v. W. Publ’g Co., 292 F.3d 992, 1003 

(9th Cir. 2002). Plaintiffs have filed their motion well within the timeframe established by 

the court’s Case Management and Pretrial Order. Dkt. 74. The court finds that 

defendant would not be unduly prejudiced by an amended complaint and defendant’s 

futility argument is misplaced. Accordingly, the court GRANTS plaintiffs’ motion and 

VACATES the hearing scheduled for March 11, 2020.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 6, 2020

/s/ Phyllis J. Hamilton_______________

PHYLLIS J. HAMILTON

United States District Judge

Case 4:19-cv-02184-PJH Document 80 Filed 03/06/20 Page 1 of 1