Opinion ID: 748781
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Heading: Bloom's Motion for Leave to Amend

Text: 11 This Court reviews a denial of leave to amend under an abuse of discretion standard. Halbert v. City of Sherman, 33 F.3d 526, 529 (5th Cir.1994). The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provide that leave to amend shall be freely given when justice so requires. FED. R. CIV. P. 15(a). Although the district court should liberally allow amendments, leave to amend is not automatic. Id. The decision to grant or deny leave is within the sound discretion of the district court. Id. 12 The district court did not abuse its discretion in denying Bloom's motion for leave to amend. The court found that Bloom's motion merely sought to allege additional sources of her allergic reaction that Bexar County allegedly was or should have been aware of. The court denied Bloom's motion on the same day that it granted summary judgment to Bexar County, and found that the proposed amendment did not state additional claims or cure the defects in Bloom's claims. We have already held that the district court properly granted summary judgment against Bloom on her ADA claims. The allegations in Bloom's proposed amendment would not change our analysis regarding summary judgment; therefore, we hold that the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying leave to amend.