Opinion ID: 3029099
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Heading: Leave to Amend the Second Amended Complaint

Text: Having found the district court properly dismissed several claims, we must next determine whether the district court properly dismissed the claims with prejudice, or whether the district court should have sua sponte granted appellants leave to amend the second amended complaint. The district court found the jurisdictional defects could not be cured by amendment. We review de novo -7- whether leave to amend would be futile. See Zucco Partners, LLC v. Digimarc Corp., 552 F.3d 981, 1007 (9th Cir. 2009). In the case of Alston, it is clear that any amendment would be futile because he has not filed an administrative complaint covering claims in the second amended complaint. With regard to the remaining appellants, amendment would similarly be futile. To the extent Robinson, Hawkins, Jackson, McIntosh, Spight, and Williams failed to assert claims in this action that were asserted in prior administrative complaints, the record before the Court establishes that such claims are now time-barred because the time for filing a judicial action regarding those claims has expired. As to those claims that were properly dismissed by the district court, we affirm its decision to dismiss the claims with prejudice. Based on the foregoing, the district court’s dismissal of claims contained in paragraphs 25, 38, 39, and 69 is reversed, and the district court’s order dismissing appellants’ claims is affirmed in all other respects. AFFIRMED in part, REVERSED in part; each party shall bear its own costs. -8-