Opinion ID: 61821
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Pretrial Orders

Text: The Gallups appeal from the district court’s order denying them leave to amend their complaint to include a Bivens claim. 403 U.S. at 395–96. The district court denied their motion because it was filed seven days prior to trial. The district court did not abuse its discretion by denying the Gallups’ motion for untimeliness and we affirm. See S&W Enters., 315 F.3d at 535–36. The Gallups also appeal from the district court’s order denying their motion to designate engineer Charles Sloan as an expert witness and to submit an untimely expert report for Sloan. The district court denied the Gallups’ motion because the Gallups “failed to submit any semblance of a[n expert] report prior to trial,” as required by the pretrial order. This was not an abuse of discretion and we affirm. See Reliance, 110 F.3d at 257–58.