Howard Jones Investments, LLC v. City of Sacramento

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 HOWARD JONES INVESTMENTS, No. 2:15-cv-0954-DAD-DB LLC, et al., 12 Plaintiffs, 13 ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ v. MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE AN 14 AMENDED ANSWER TO PLAINTIFFS’ CITY OF SACRAMENTO, et al., SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT 15 Defendants. (Doc. No. 75) 16 17 18 This matter is before the court on defendants’ August 10, 2023 motion for leave to file an 19 amended answer to plaintiffs’ second amended complaint. (Doc. No. 75.) On September 7, 20 2023, the pending motion was taken under submission on the papers. (Doc. No. 79.) For the 21 reasons explained below, defendants’ motion will be granted. 22 BACK GROUND 23 On November 6, 2022, plaintiffs Howard Jones Investments, LLC (“HJI”), Lowella 24 Oldham, Dolly Leeper, Ada Leeper, Ericka Ward, and Alonzo Medley filed the operative second 25 amended complaint (“SAC”) in this action brought against defendants City of Sacramento 26 (“defendant City”),…