Reyes
Reyes v. County of Kern
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ANNA REYES, et al. Case No. 1:21-cv-01340-CDB
Plaintiffs, ORDER ON STIPULATION GRANTING
LEAVE TO AMEND COMPLAINT
v. (Doc. 25) COUNTY OF KERN, Defendant. 16 On September 7, 2021, Defendant County of Kern removed this action filed by Plaintiffs in Kern County Superior Court. (Doc. 1). Pending before the Court is the parties’ stipulation for leave to file a first amended complaint. (Doc. 25). The proposed amendments add Christina Hungerford as named Plaintiff in her capacity as guardian ad litem and seek to anonymize the names of the Plaintiff minors (L.H.B. and P.H.B.). Legal Standard Where a party seeks to amend her complaint more than 21 days after an adverse party responds to the complaint, the party must first obtain the adverse party’s consent or leave of court. Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(1) & (2). “Rule 15(a) is very liberal” and a court should freely give leave to amend when “justice so requires.” AmerisourceBergen Corp. v.…