Opinion ID: 2791474
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Heading: denial of moody’s motion to amend

Text: Finally, Moody challenges the district court’s refusal to grant her a third opportunity to amend her complaint. We review a district court’s denial of a motion to amend a complaint for an abuse of discretion. Coventry First, LLC v. McCarty, 605 F.3d 865, 869 (11th Cir. 2010) (per curiam). However, “we review de novo a decision that a particular amendment to the complaint would be futile.” Cockrell v. Sparks, 510 F.3d 1307, 1310 (11th Cir. 2007) (per curiam). Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15 sets conditions within which a plaintiff may amend her complaint once, as a matter of course. However, later amendments may be done only with the consent of the opposing party or leave of the court. Rule 15 says that courts “should freely give leave when justice so requires.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(2). Despite this generally permissive approach, a district court need not grant leave to amend where (1) “there has been undue delay, bad faith, dilatory motive, or repeated failure to cure deficiencies by amendments previously allowed”; (2) “allowing amendment would cause undue prejudice to the opposing 5 Case: 14-11295 Date Filed: 04/06/2015 Page: 6 of 6 party”; or (3) the “amendment would be futile.” Bryant v. Dupree, 252 F.3d 1161,