Opinion ID: 664746
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Heading: Order Striking Amended Complaint

Text: 12 The district court initially granted Durham's motion to add a Title VII claim to her complaint, but granted a motion to strike the amended complaint after Xerox challenged the court's decision. We must sustain the district court's order unless the court abused its discretion. Woolsey v. Marion Lab., Inc., 934 F.2d 1452, 1462 (10th Cir.1991). 13 The district court rejected Durham's amendment because she had not shown any cause for failing to add a Title VII claim earlier as directed by the scheduling order, and also because the amendment would prejudice Xerox. Appellant's App. at 44. Durham filed her amended complaint three months after the scheduling order deadline for such amendments, yet never explained the delay. This unexplained delay alone justifies the district court's discretionary decision. See Woolsey, 934 F.2d at 1462 (observing that district court may deny leave to amend for untimeliness alone); Las Vegas Ice & Cold Storage Co. v. Far West Bank, 893 F.2d 1182, 1185 (10th Cir.1990) (Untimeliness alone may be a sufficient basis for denial of leave to amend.... [P]rejudice to the opposing party need not also be shown.). We therefore need not address Durham's claims that the amendment would not have prejudiced Xerox. 4 14 We deny Durham's motion to supplement her brief because her original brief adequately addressed the issues on appeal. Castner v. Colorado Springs Cablevision, 979 F.2d 1417, 1423 (10th Cir.1992). We AFFIRM summary judgment in Xerox's favor, and AFFIRM the district court's order striking Durham's amended complaint.