Advanced Steel Recovery, LLC v. X-Body Equipment, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 1] Advanced Steel Recovery, LLC, No. 2:16-cv-00148-KJM-JDP Plaintiff, ORDER v. X-Body Equipment, Inc. and Jewell Attachments, LLC, Defendants. 17 Plaintiff Advanced Steel Recovery, LLC (ASR) moves for leave to amend its patent infringement contentions. See generally Mot., ECF No. 153; Mem., ECF No. 154. Defendant X- Body Equipment, Inc. opposes that motion, which is now fully briefed. See generally Opp’n, ECF No. 156; Reply, ECF No. 157. The court submitted the motion without hearing oral arguments. Min. Order, ECF No. 159. The parties have agreed to adopt the Northern District of California’s Patent Local Rules 24 inthis matter. See Joint Status Report at 9, ECF No. 29. Under those rules, a party may amend 25 its infringement contentions “only by order of the Court upon a timely showing of good cause.” N.D. Cal. Patent L.R. 3-6. “In contrast to the more liberal policy…