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Nature of Suit Code: 710
Nature of Suit: Fair Labor Standards Act
Cause of Action: 29:0201fl FLSA: Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

10 JONATHAN DENICOLA, et al. , 

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vs. 12 

Plaintiffs, 

CASE NO. 17cv820-LAB 

ORDER GRANTING LEAVE TO 

FILE AMENDED COMPLAINT 

13 SOLARCITY CORPORATION, et al., 

14 Defendants. 

15 Plaintiffs ask for leave to file an amended complaint to add allegations, including 

16 PAGA claims, to avoid statute of limitations issues. The Court should freely give leave to 

17 amend when justice so requires. Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a). Defendants argue that adding the 

18 PAGA claims would be futile: similar state court PAGA actions are pending, so the 

19 Defendants would seek, and win, a stay. Maybe so. But Defendants haven't made a 

20 sufficient showing that their likelihood of winning a stay is so obvious as to outweigh the 

21 liberal amendment policy. They didn't cite any authority for their position, and , Defendants 

22 previously argued that class representatives like Jonathan Denicola wouldn't have qualified 

23 as a plaintiff "in any pending action." [Dkt. 32 at 6.] Plaintiffs have shown that there's no 

24 issues of notice, delay, or prejudice in allowing amendment. The motion for leave to file an 

25 amended complaint is GRANTED. 

26 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

27 DATED: /v ~' /1 

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HONORABLE LARRY ALAN BURNS 

United States District Judge 

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