(PC) Ellis v. County of El Dorado

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 PETER JON ELLIS, Case No. 2:22-cv-00823-DJC-JDP (PC) 12 Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 13 v. THAT PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO AMEND

BE DENIED

14 COUNTY OF EL DORADO, et al., ECF No. 38 15 Defendants.

OBJECTIONS DUE WITHIN FOURTEEN

16 DAYS 17 18 Plaintiff, a pretrial detainee proceeding pro se, filed a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. 19 § 1983. Plaintiff has filed a motion to amend the complaint, ECF No. 38, which defendant 20 opposes, ECF No. 39. For the reasons stated below, I recommend that plaintiff’s motion be 21 denied. 22 Rule 15(a)(2) directs that a court “should freely give leave [to amend a complaint] when 23 justice so requires.” Courts should generally be liberal in allowing a party to amend. Sonoma 24 Cnty. Ass’n of Retired Emples. v. Sonoma Cnty., 708 F.3d 1109, 1117 (9th Cir. 2013). Leave to 25 amend should be denied only where there is strong evidence of “undue delay, bad faith or…