Blockchain Innovation, LLC v. Franklin Resources, Inc.

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 BLOCKCHAIN INNOVATION, LLC, Case No. 21-cv-08787-AMO

8 Plaintiff,

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY

9 v. SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT

SHOULD NOT BE STRICKEN

10 FRANKLIN RESOURCES, INC., et al., Re: Dkt. No. 156 Defendants. 11

12 The Court’s case management scheduling order set December 29, 2023 as the deadline to 13 add parties or amend pleadings. ECF 154. On that date, Plaintiff Blockchain Innovation, LLC 14 filed a second amended complaint. ECF 156. The pleading is unaccompanied by a stipulation 15 permitting its filing or a motion for leave to amend as required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(2). See 16 Sternberg v. Town of Danville, No. 15-CV-01878-SI, 2015 WL 5158735, at *2 (N.D. Cal. Sept. 2, 17 2015) (“If more than 21 days have passed since a pleading was served, Federal Rule of Civil 18 Procedure 15(a) permits a party to amend its pleading only if the opposing party consents, or the 19 Court grants leave.”). 20 Accordingly, the Court hereby ORDERS Plaintiff to SHOW CAUSE why the…