(CONSENT) Kolb v. County of Placer
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SAMUEL KOLB, J.K., by and through his No. 2:19-cv-0079 DB Guardian ad Litem, KARIN KOLB, and KARIN KOLB, Plaintiffs, ORDER v. COUNTY OF PLACER; DEPUTY
CURTIS HONEYCUTT,
16 Defendants. 18 This action came before the undersigned on June 12, 2020, for hearing of plaintiffs’ renewed motion to compel and motion for leave to amend. (ECF Nos. 62 & 69.) Attorneys Ronald Kaye and Kay Benarski appeared via video conference on behalf of the plaintiffs. Attorney John Whitefleet appeared via video conference on behalf of the defendants. I. Plaintiffs’ Motion for Leave to Amend Rule 15(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provides that “leave to amend shall be freely given when justice so requires.” AmerisourceBergen Corp. v. Dialysist West, Inc., 465 F.3d 946, 951 (9th Cir. 2006) (quotation omitted); see also Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a) (“The court 27 1 The parties have consented to Magistrate Judge jurisdiction over this action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §…