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Nature of Suit Code: 490
Nature of Suit: Cable/ Satellite TV
Cause of Action: 47:553 Communications Act of 1994

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

J & J SPORTS PRODUCTIONS, INC.,

Plaintiff,

v.

PITTSBURG LODGE NO. 1475, LOYAL 

ORDER OF MOOSE, INCORPORATED, et 

al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 14-cv-05129-VC 

ORDER DENYING AS MOOT 

PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO STRIKE

Re: Dkt. No. 28

The motion to strike Defendant Pittsburg Lodge No. 1475's affirmative defenses is denied 

as moot. 

Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15, a party may only amend its pleadings as a 

matter of course only once, and only within 21 days after serving it. Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(1). "In 

all other cases, a party may amend its pleading only with the opposing party's written consent or 

the court's leave." Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(2). "Generally, Rule 15 advises the court that leave shall 

be freely given when justice so requires. This policy is to be applied with extreme liberality." 

Eminence Capital, LLC v. Aspeon, Inc., 316 F.3d 1048, 1051 (9th Cir. 2003) (internal quotation 

marks omitted).

Here, the defendant served its original Answer on March 6, 2015. Any amendment as a 

matter of course was therefore due by March 27, 2015. But the defendant did not file its Amended 

Answer until April 10, 2015, in response to the plaintiff's motion to strike. However, the Court 

construes the defendant's April 10, 2015 submission as a request for leave to file an amended 

answer. So construed, the request is granted. Accordingly, the plaintiff's motion is denied as 

moot.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 29, 2015

______________________________________

 VINCE CHHABRIA

 United States District Judge

Case 3:14-cv-05129-VC Document 35 Filed 04/29/15 Page 1 of 1