Bold Limited v. Rocket Resume, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 6 BOLD LIMITED, et al., Case No. 22-cv-01045-BLF
Plaintiffs,
ORDER GRANTING LEAVE TO FILE
v. AMENDED ANSWER
ROCKET RESUME, INC., et al., [Re: ECF No. 98] Defendants.
12 Before the Court is Defendants’ motion for leave to file an amended answer out of time to Plaintiffs’ First Amended Complaint. ECF No. 98. Plaintiffs oppose the motion. ECF No. 105. After careful consideration, the Court GRANTS Defendants’ motion for leave to file an amended answer. I. LEGAL STANDARD The parties first dispute whether Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 6 or 16 governs the Court’s decision. It is well established that a party seeking to amend a pleading past the deadline set by a scheduling order must satisfy Rule 16’s “good cause” standard. See Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc., 975 F.2d 604, 608 (9th Cir. 1992) (noting that a motion for leave to amend a pleading outside of the…