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# FI LED FEB 19 2 013 M OLLY C. DW Y ER, CLERK U . S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS1 1 - 1 6 3 8 8 2 u n d er2 8 U .S .C . § 1 2 9 1 . W e r ev iew fo r a n ab u se o f d iscr etio n th e d istrict co u rt’s rul i ngs on am ot i on f

orl e a ve t o a m e nd, G ordon v . C i t yof O akland , 627 F . 3d 1092, 1094 ( 9th C i r . 2010) , a nd am ot i on t o c ont i nue s um m a ryj udgm e ntt o a l l ow f or f u rth e rd is c o v e ry , T

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y of Sa n Francisc o , 441 F . 3d 1090, 1100 ( 9 th Ci r . 2 0 0 6 ) . W e a f

f i rm. T he di s tr i c tc ourtdi d notabus e i t s di s c r e t i on i n de ny i ng L a r s on’ s m ot i on f or l e a ve t o f i l e af ourth a m e nde d c om pl a i ntbe c aus e L a r s on f a i l e d t o a l l e ge the e l e m e nt s of

ar e t a l i a t i on c l a i m unde rthe A D A de s pi t e m ul t i pl e opportuni t i e s t o do s o , a n df u rth e rle a v e to a m e n dw o u ldh a v e b e e n f u tile . See 42 U . S . C . § 1 22 03 (a ) ( p r o h i b i t i n g r e t a l i a t i o n f o ro p p o s i n g ap r a c t i c e d e e m e du n l a wf u l u n d e rth e AD A, o rf o rp a rtic ip a tin g in a n in v e s tig a tio n o ro th e rp r o c e e d in g r e la te dto th e A D A ) ; G ordon , 62 7 F . 3d at10 94 (no abu se of di sc re t i on i n d enyi ng l eave t o am end w here am endm entw ou l d b e f

ut i l e) . T h e d is tr ic t c o u rt d idn o t ab u s e its d is c r e tio n in d e n y in g L a r s o n ’s m o tio n to co n t i n u e su m m ary j u d g m en tt o al l o w d i sco v ery o n cert ai n o f h i s cl ai m s i n th e fi rst a m e n d e dc o m p la in t b e c au s e L a r s o n f a ile dto id e n tif

ys p e c if ic f a c ts s o u g h t in d is c o v e ryth a t w o u ldp r e c lu d e s u m m a ryju d g m e n t. See F e d . R . C iv . P . 5 6 ( d ) ; T atum , 441 F . 3d at1100- 01 ( s um m a ryj udgm e ntne e d notbe c ont i nue d t o a l l ow1 1 - 1 6 3 8 8 3 p la in tif f to r e c e iv e d e p o s itio n tr a n s c r ip ts w h e r e p la in tif f f a ile dto id e n tif

ya n yf a c ts expect ed t o b e i n the transcr i pt s thatw ou l d p re cl ud e s um m ary j ud gm ent ). L ar son’ s c on t ent i on s r egar di ng the di stri ctcourt ’ s a l l eged fai l ure t o acc ord hi m defe re nce a s apro se l i t i gant , t o al l ow hi m t o con du ctdi sc ov ery bef ore d e n y in g h im f

u rth e rle a v e to a m e n dh is c o m p la in t, o rto p r o p e r lyc o n s tru e h is cl ai m for a l l eged di sc ri m i nat i on un der the A D A ar e unp er suas i ve. W e d o n o t a d d r e s s a r g u m e n ts th a t L a r s o n w a iv e do n ap p e a l, in c lu d in g w ith r e s p e c t to th e m a g is tr a te ju d g e ’s d e n ia l o f am o tio n to c o m p e l d is c o v e rya s to w h ic h L a r s o n f

a ile dto f ile a n yo b

je c tio n s . See F e d . R . C iv . P . 7 2 ( a ) ; see a l so S i m p so n v. L ea r A stro n i cs C o rp . , 77 F . 3d 11 70 , 11 73 -74 (9th C i r. 19 96 ). AF F I RME D.