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Nature of Suit Code: 380
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Property Damage
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TRANS BAY CABLE LLC,

Plaintiff,

v.

M/V OCEAN LIFE, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 14-cv-04854-JD 

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO 

AMEND

Re: Dkt. No. 47

In this admiralty case, plaintiff Trans Bay Cable LLC (“TBC”) seeks the Court’s 

permission to amend its complaint to add a single claim. Dkt. No. 47. The Court finds this 

motion suitable for decision without oral argument pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7-1(b), and grants 

the motion.

Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(a), the Court is to “freely give leave [to amend] 

when justice so requires.” “[T]his mandate is to be heeded. . . . In the absence of any apparent or 

declared reason -- such as undue delay, bad faith or dilatory motive on the part of the movant, 

repeated failure to cure deficiencies by amendments previously allowed, undue prejudice to the 

opposing party by virtue of allowance of the amendment, futility of amendment, etc. -- the leave 

sought should, as the rules require, be ‘freely given.’” Foman v. Davis, 371 U.S. 178, 182 (1962).

Although defendants oppose the motion, Dkt. No. 50, they come nowhere close to 

identifying any good reason why the requested leave should be denied. Plaintiff’s motion is

consequently granted, and TBC is directed to file its first amended complaint (a proposed version 

of which it filed as Dkt. No. 47-1) by 5 p.m. on Monday, June 15, 2015.

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The case management conference will be held as scheduled on Wednesday, June 17, 2015, 

at 10 a.m. The Court will also take up TBC’s discovery dispute letter (Dkt. No. 53) at that time.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 12, 2015

________________________

JAMES DONATO

United States District Judge

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