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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RICHARD SEPULVEDA, No. 2:24-cv-02102-CKD Plaintiff, v. ORDER DAVID HICKS, et al., Defendants.

17 Pending before the court is plaintiff’s motion to amend the complaint. (ECF No. 5.) Defendants have not yet appeared in this matter or opposed the motion. This matter is deemed submitted on the record without the need for oral argument. See Local Rule 230(g). Pursuant to Rule 15(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, a party may amend a pleading once as a matter of course before a responsive pleading is served. Otherwise, a party may amend only by leave of the court or by written consent of the adverse party. Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a). “Rule 15(a) is very liberal and leave to amend shall be given freely when justice so requires.” AmerisourceBergen Corp. v. Dialysist West, Inc., 465 F.3d 946, 951 (9th Cir. 2006) (citation and quotation omitted). The district court may deny a motion to amend where the amendment: (1)…