Steinmeir

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 SUZANNE STEINMEIER, Case No.: 18cv1603 JM (WVG)

Plaintiff,

v.

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S

COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO; SAN

MOTION TO AMEND THE

DIEGO COUNTY SHERIFF’S

COMPLAINT

DEPARTMENT; SHERIFF WILLIAM

GORE; FRANK LEYVA; KENNETH

EDWARDS; PETER ALVARADO;

18 BRIAN KEENE; WILLIS WHITED; and DOES 3 through 10, Defendants. 21 In this excessive force claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, Plaintiff Suzanne Steinmeier (“Plaintiff”) moves to amend her Complaint by naming California Highway Patrol (CHP) Officers Jason Hughes and Ralph Ketcher as Doe Defendants and 4, despite the expiration of the deadline to amend her Complaint in the court’s Scheduling Order. (Doc. No. 35.) She also seeks to amend her sole cause of action currently before the court and add a second count based on police bystander liability and conspiracy. (Doc. No. 38.) For the below reasons, the motion is DENIED. …