Grant
Grant v. Swarthout
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 WILLIAM ULYSSES GRANT, Case No.: 11cv3015-JAH
Petitioner,
ORDER GRANTING PETITIONER’S
v. VERIFIED SECOND AMENDED
PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS
RICK HILL, Warden, et al., CORPUS [Doc. No. 65] Respondents. 15 Pending before the Court is Petitioner William Ulysses Grant’s (“Petitioner”) unopposed motion for leave to file a Verified Second Amended Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. See Doc. No. 65. DISCUSSION Petitioner moves to amend his habeas petition pursuant to Rule 15 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The filing of an amended complaint or counter-claim after a responsive pleading has been filed may be allowed by leave of court. Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a). Rule 15(a) provides in pertinent part: A party may amend its pleading once as a matter of course within 21 days after serving it, or if the pleading is one to which a responsive…