Jacobs

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 THOMAS JACOBS, No. 2:10-cv-00913-TLN-EFB Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR LEAVE TO AMEND CHUCK REED, et al., 15 Defendants.

17 This matter is before the Court pursuant to Plaintiff Thomas Jacobs’s (“Plaintiff”) Motion to Amend his Complaint. (ECF No. 43.) Defendants County of Santa Clara, Sheriff Laurie Smith, City of San Jose, Police Chief Rob Davis, Mayor Chuck Reed, and Attorney General Xavier Bacerra (collectively, “Defendants”) have filed various oppositions to the present Motion. (ECF Nos. 44, 46, 47.) For the reasons discussed below, Plaintiff’s Motion is DENIED. I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND Plaintiff filed the initial Complaint on April 16, 2010, alleging he had been unconstitutionally prevented from obtaining a Concealed Weapons (“CCW”) permit due to several unconstitutional sections of the California Penal Code (“C.P.C.”) and Defendants’ unconstitutional…