Opinion ID: 168608
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Heading: Pleading Am endment

Text: M r. Raiser argues that the district court erred in denying his motion to add a breach-of-confidence claim to the complaint. W e review for an abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to amend the complaint. E.SPIRE Comm., Inc. v. N.M . Pub. Regulation Comm’n, 392 F.3d 1204, 1211 (10th Cir. 2004). “A court properly may deny a motion for leave to amend as futile when the proposed amended complaint would be subject to dismissal for any reason, including that the amendment would not survive a motion for summary judgment.” Id. (internal quotation marks omitted). The district court denied M r. Raiser’s motion as futile. W e agree. Utah’s judicial-proceeding privilege would apply to this claim. See Russell, 842 P.2d at 906 n.37. And communications within the BYU administration would not have breached any promise of confidentiality. -12-