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Parties Involved:
Alec Enterprises, Inc.
Cross Claimant
American Packaging Corporation
Defendant
American Plastic Company, Inc.
Defendant
Christopher Bryant
Plaintiff
Ambra C. Bryant
Plaintiff
Charter Nex Films, Inc.
Cross Defendant
Loos Machine & Automation, Inc.
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CHRISTOPHER BRYANT, and AMBRA C. 

BRYANT,

Plaintiffs,

v.

AMERICAN PACKAGING 

CORPORATION, ALEC ENTERPRISES,

INC., LOOS MACHINE & AUTOMATION, 

INC., CHARTER NEX FILMS, INC., 

AMERICAN PLASTIC COMPANY, INC., 

and DOES 3 to 100, inclusive

Defendants.

_____________________________________/

Case No. 1:16-cv-00140-AWI-SKO

ORDER PERMITTING THE FILING OF 

A SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT

On March 10, 2016, the Court granted the parties’ stipulation under Fed. R. Civ. P. 15 for 

Plaintiffs to file a First Amended Complaint adding Charter Nex Films, Inc., and American Plastic 

Company, Inc. as defendants. (Doc. 17.) Plaintiffs filed the First Amended Complaint on March 

18, 2016. (Doc. 21.)

During a meet and confer process as a precondition to filing a motion to dismiss pursuant 

to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12 concerning the allegations contained in the First Amended Complaint, 

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Plaintiffs’ counsel apparently determined that assertions made by defense counsel were 

“meritorious” and chose to file a Second Amended Complaint. (Doc. 34, 2:2-9.) The Second 

Amended Complaint was filed on April 27, 2016, without the opposing party’s written consent on 

file or the leave of court. (Doc. 33.) The next day, on April 28, 2016, Plaintiffs filed a stipulation 

pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(2) signed by all opposing parties to permit the filing of the 

Second Amended Complaint. (Doc. 34.)

Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(2) provides that “a party may amend its pleading with the opposing 

party’s written consent or the court’s leave.” Here, Plaintiffs filed the Second Amended 

Complaint prior to filing a stipulation signed by all opposing parties and without leave of court. 

Nevertheless, in view of the parties’ stipulation now on file, as well as Rule 15(a)(2)’s instruction 

that “[t]he court should freely give leave when justice so requires,” the Court finds that Plaintiffs 

are entitled to amend their complaint. 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiffs’ Second Amended Complaint (Doc. 34.) is 

deemed filed as of April 27, 2016.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 29, 2016 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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