(PS) Barnett v. CA DMV

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ROBERTA BARNETT, 2:17-cv-01517-TLN-CKD (PS) Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, Roberta Barnett, proceeds pro se after the court granted plaintiff’s former counsel’s withdrawal on March 24, 2023. This matter is before the undersigned pursuant to Local Rule 302(c)(21). See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). Plaintiff seeks leave to file a third amended complaint under Rule 15 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. (ECF No. 55, 56.) Pursuant to Local Rule 230(g), the court took the motion under submission on the record and briefs on file and vacated the hearing set for August 30, 2023. For the reasons set forth below, the undersigned recommends that plaintiff’s motion for leave to file a third amended complaint be denied. I. Background Proceeding on the second amended complaint (“SAC”) filed on October 7, 2019 (ECF No. 32), plaintiff alleges…