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Parties Involved:
Constellation Brands, Inc.
Defendant
Julia Smith
Plaintiff

Document Text:

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JULIA SMITH,

Plaintiff,

 v.

CONSTELLATION BRANDS, INC., and

DOES 1 through 50, inclusive,

Defendant. /

No. C 16-04101 WHA

ORDER STRIKING AMENDED

COMPLAINT AND EXTENDING

DEADLINE TO FILE MOTION

FOR LEAVE TO AMEND

The order dismissing plaintiff’s complaint provided that by September 16 she could seek

leave to file an amended complaint with a formal motion explaining how the proposed amended

complaint cured the defects in the original complaint. On September 16, plaintiff herself, not

her counsel of record, filed an amended complaint. Appended to the amended complaint was a

hand-written cover letter in which plaintiff acknowledged that her complaint “does not

completely speak to” the defects identified in the order, but that she had terminated her

relationship with her attorney, Daniel Bacon. She further averred that Attorney Bacon did not

“supply all information in order to continue this case” until the morning of September 16.

Attorney Bacon has not sought leave to withdraw from this action and has not sought to

substitute counsel.

This order construes plaintiff’s letter as a motion to extend the deadline to file a motion

seeking leave to amend her complaint. Plaintiff shall have until THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20 AT

NOON to file a formal motion seeking leave to amend her complaint. As stated, the motion must

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United States District Court

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affirmatively demonstrate how the proposed amended complaint cures the defects identified in

the order dismissing the action (and any others identified in defendant’s motion). The motion

must include a proposed amended complaint and a redlined copy identifying the changes from

the initial complaint.

To be clear, leave to amend has not yet been granted. Accordingly, plaintiff’s

unauthorized amended complaint is hereby STRICKEN. This is without prejudice to a formal

motion seeking leave to file that proposed amended complaint.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 19, 2016. WILLIAM ALSUP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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