Courtesy Automotive Group, Inc. v. Subaru of America, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ----oo0oo---- 11 COURTESY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, INC., No. 2:22-cv-00997 WBS DMC dba COURTESY SUBARU OF CHICO, 13 Plaintiff, ORDER RE: MOTION TO DISMISS v. AND REQUEST FOR LEAVE TO AMEND COMPLAINT SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC. and DOES 1-50, inclusive, Defendant. 18 ----oo0oo---- Plaintiff Courtesy Automotive Group, Inc. (“Courtesy”) requests the court grant leave to amend the operative complaint. (See Opp’n (Docket No. 21) at 35.) A party seeking amendment must show that the amendment is proper under Rule 15, see Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc., 975 F.2d 604, 608 (9th Cir. 1992) (citations omitted), under which leave to amend should be given “freely . . . when justice so requires,” Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(2). Leave should be denied only if amendment (1) would cause prejudice to the opposing party, (2) is sought in bad faith, (3) would…