Greenwood

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 KENNETH WAYNE GRAY, III, No. 2:24-cv-01401 DC AC 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 HUNTER GREENWOOD, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff is proceeding in pro se, and this action is accordingly referred to the undersigned 18 for all pre-trial matters pursuant to Local Rule 302(c)(21). Defendants filed a motion to dismiss 19 some of plaintiff’s claims and noticed the motion to be heard on July 23, 2025. ECF Nos. 15, 18. 20 Plaintiff opposed the motion (ECF No. 22) and filed a separate motion for leave to file an 21 Amended Complaint. ECF No. 23. Defendants replied, acknowledging the motion for leave to 22 amend. ECF No. 24. 23 As defendants correctly recognize, leave to amend is to be liberally allowed for plaintiffs 24 proceeding in pro se at this early stage of proceedings. Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a). The court has 25 reviewed all of the documents, and finds that it is in the interest of justice and judicial economy 26 for the motion for leave to amend (ECF No.…