Loynachan
Loynachan v. Smiley
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ----oo0oo---- 11 KEVIN LOYNACHAN and JANICE No. 2:22-cv-00841 WBS JDP LOYNACHAN, individually and as successors-in-interest to Decedent CHAD LOYNACHAN, ORDER RE: MOTION FOR LEAVE TO Plaintiffs, AMEND COMPLAINT 15 v. 16 DARLENE SMILEY, in her individual capacity as a law enforcement officer for SISKIYOU COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE; and DOES 1-50, inclusive, 19 Defendant.
21 ----oo0oo---- 22 Plaintiffs Kevin Loynachan and Janice Loynachan move 23 for leave to amend the operative complaint. A party seeking 24 amendment must show that the amendment is proper under Rule 15, 25 see Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc., 975 F.2d 604, 608 (9th 26 Cir. 1992) (citations omitted), under which leave to amend should 27 be given “freely . . . when justice so requires,” Fed. R. Civ. P. 28 ee RII IIE OEE OER NEE OS EI OS OO
15(a) (2). Leave should be denied only if amendment (1) would cause prejudice to the opposing party, (2) is …