Strickland

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ALAN STRICKLAND AND KELLY STRICKLAND, Case No. 20-cv-981-YGR

Plaintiffs, ORDER GRANTING LEAVE TO FILE AN

AMENDED JOINT ANSWER AND

v. COUNTERCLAIM; DENYING ADMINISTRATIVE

MOTION TO SEAL

12 MASAI UJIRI; TORONTO RAPTORS; MAPLE 13 L NE AA TF IO S NP AO LR BTS A & SK E ETN BT AE LR LT A AI SN SM OE CN IAT T;

ION,

DKT. NO. 35,

14 Defendants.

16 Pending before the Court is the Motion of defendants Masai Ujiri and Toronto 17 Raptors/Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment for Leave to File an Amended Joint Answer and 18 Counterclaim. (Dkt. No. 35.) The only proposed amendment asserts a counterclaim on defendant 19 Ujiri’s behalf against plaintiff Alan Strickland for excessive force pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, 20 assault, battery, and intentional infliction of emotional distress, based upon recently obtained 21 discovery in this matter. In all other respects, defendants’ original Joint Answer remains 22 unchanged. Per the Court’s scheduling order (Dkt. No. 30), any motions to amend…