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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:2000 Job Discrimination (Sex)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Angela De La Fuente,

Plaintiff,

v. 

ASARCO LLC,

Defendant.

No. CV-19-05472-PHX-DWL

ORDER 

Plaintiff has filed an amended complaint (Doc. 18) and a notice of filing amended 

complaint (Doc. 17). In the notice, Plaintiff states that she is filing an amended 

complaint pursuant to LRCiv 15.1(b) and Rule 15(a)(1) of the Federal Rules of Civil 

Procedure. (Doc. 17 at 1.) However, Rule 15(a)(1) permits amendment once as a matter 

of course within 21 days after serving a pleading, or within 21 days after service of a 

responsive pleading or a Rule 12(b), (e), or (f) motion. Defendant filed an answer on 

December 2, 2019 (Doc. 8), and therefore the deadline for Plaintiff to amend as a matter 

of course was December 23, 2019. For this reason, the Court could strike the amended 

complaint and order Plaintiff to either (1) obtain Defendant’s written consent and refile 

pursuant to LRCiv 15.1(b) or (2) file a motion to amend pursuant to LRCiv 15.1(a).

However, considering that the amendment merely corrects a typo (the inversion of 

two numerals in a statute) in several places throughout the complaint—and considering 

that the Court’s January 31, 2020 deadline for amending pleadings has not yet lapsed, and 

that therefore leave to amend should be freely given—the Court will, for efficiency’s 

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sake, allow the amended complaint to remain as filed. If Defendant has any objection, it 

shall file the objection by February 6, 2020, else any objection shall be waived and leave 

to amend shall be granted.

Accordingly,

IT IS ORDERED that if Defendant objects to the amended complaint, it must file 

an objection by February 6, 2020. If Defendant does not timely object, leave to amend 

shall be granted without issuance of a separate order, and the amended complaint (Doc. 

18) shall be considered operative.

Dated this 30th day of January, 2020.

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