Hall
Hall v. Google LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 JALON R. HALL, Case No. 23-cv-06574-JST
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
v. STRIKE
GOOGLE LLC, et al., Re: ECF No. 81 Defendants.
12 Before the Court is Defendants Google, LLC and Jamila Smith’s (together, “Defendants”) motion to strike, ECF No. 81, Plaintiff Jalon R. Hall’s second amended complaint, ECF No. 77. The Court will grant the motion. Hall filed her initial complaint on December 21, 2023. ECF No. 1. After the parties stipulated to allow Hall to amend her complaint, Hall filed her first amended complaint on August 26, 2024. ECF No. 49. Hall then filed a second amended complaint on February 28, 2025. ECF No. 77. She did so without obtaining leave from the Court or Defendants’ consent, in violation of the requirements of Rule 15. Under Rule 15, a party may amend its pleading once as a matter of course within a certain time of service. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(1). “In all other cases, a…