Stiles
Stiles v. Walmart, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SHARIDAN STILES and STILES 4 U, No. 2:14-cv-02234-MCE-DMC
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12 Plaintiffs, ORDER v. 14 WALMART, INC. and AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INC., Defendants. 17 On June 28, 2019, Plaintiffs Sharidan Stiles and Stiles 4 U, Inc. (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) filed a Motion for Leave to Add Defendants, ECF No. 232, which the Court construes as a motion for leave to amend their fourth amended complaint. While Plaintiffs’ Motion relies upon the provisions of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(a), once a district court has filed a pretrial scheduling order (“PTSO”) pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16,1 that Rule’s standards control. Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc., 975 F.2d 604, 607-08 (9th Cir. 1992). “Unlike Rule 15(a)’s liberal amendment policy which focuses on the bad faith of the party seeking to interpose an amendment and the prejudice to the opposing party,
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