Kimball

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ZACK KIMBALL, Case No. 24-cv-0682-BAS-VET

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING JOINT

v. MOTION FOR LEAVE FOR

PLAINTIFF TO FILE A SECOND

COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, and

AMENDED COMPLAINT

EMILIO CASTILLERO,

(ECF No. 15) Defendants.

Presently before the Court is the parties’ joint motion to grant Plaintiff leave to file a Second Amended Complaint. (ECF No. 15.) “In general, a court should liberally allow a party to amend its pleading.” Sonoma Cnty. Ass’n of Retired Emps. v. Sonoma Cnty., 708 F.3d 1109, 1117 (9th Cir. 2013) (citing Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)); see also Owens v. Kaiser Found. Health Plan, Inc., 244 F.3d 708, 712 (9th Cir. 2001) (“A district court shall grant leave to amend freely when justice so requires.’”). Further, a party may amend its pleading without a court order where the opposing party consents in writing. Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(2). Here, considering (i) the broad…