Leonard

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 Lisa Leonard, No. 2:23-cv-01189-KJM-DMC 12 Plaintiff, ORDER 13 v. County of Lassen et al., 1S Defendants. 16 17 In this employment action, plaintiff Lisa Leonard moves to file a first amended complaint 18 | against defendants, County of Lassen and Does 1—20 inclusive. Leonard contends the proposed 19 | amended complaint will assert additional claims for alleged violations of the Americans with 20 | Disabilities Act arising from her employment with defendants. Mot. at 7, ECF No. 28; 42 U.S.C. 21 | §§ 12101, 12112(b)(5)(A). The motion is unopposed. See Statement Non-Opp’n, ECF No. 31. 22 | The court, in its discretion, submitted the matter without oral argument. See Min. Order, ECF 23 | No. 32. 24 Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(a)(2) provides the court should “freely give leave [to 25 | amend] when justice so requires” and the Ninth Circuit has “stressed Rule 15’s policy of favoring 26 | amendments.”…