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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 BRADLEY JAMES MROZEK, No. 1:24-cv-00664-KES-SAB (PC) Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

RECOMMENDING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

v. TO AMEND THE COMPLAINT BE

GRANTED

T. ISMAN, (ECF No. 42) Defendant.

12 Plaintiff is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion to amend the complaint, along with a proposed third amended complaint, filed November 13, 2025. (ECF No. 42.) On November 1613, 2025, Defendant filed a notice of non-opposition to Plaintiff’s motion. (ECF No. 44.) I. DISCUSSION Federal Rule of Civil Rule 15(a)(2) directs that “[t]he court should freely give leave [to amend a pleading] when justice so requires.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(2). “In exercising its discretion” whether to allow a party to amend, the Court “must be guided by the…