Adams
Adams v. California Department of Health Services
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Plaintiff-Appellant Avril Adams appeals the district court’s grant of partial summary judgment to Defendants-Appellees California Department of Health Services *592 (“CDHS”), La Vonne Coen, and Donnata Moreland in this employment discrimination and retaliation action. Adams also appeals the judgment entered against her following a jury trial and the district court’s denial of her request for declaratory relief. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm.
The district court properly exercised its discretion in denying Adams’s motion to amend. Adams delayed attempting to amend her complaint until more than three months after the deadline set by the district court, although she discovered facts giving rise to a potential amendment more than two months before that deadline. Adams failed to show good cause for her failure to comply with the district court’s scheduling order under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 16; Amerisource-Bergen Corp. v. Dialysist W., Inc., 465 F.3d 946, 952 (9th Cir.2006). The district court also properly determined that allowing Adams to amend her complaint after substantial discovery had taken place…