Aton Center Inc. v. Magellan Behavioral Health Systems, LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ATON CENTER, INC., Case No.: 21cv1868-LL-AHG Plaintiff,
ORDER:
v. 13 MAGELLAN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (1) GRANTING JOINT MOTION SYSTEMS, LLC, and DOES 1 through 10, FOR LEAVE TO FILE AMENDED ANSWER [ECF No. Defendants. 18]; AND
(2) DIRECTING DEFENDANTS
TO FILE FIRST AMENDED
ANSWER ON THE DOCKET
19 This matter is before the Court on the parties’ Joint Motion for Leave to File Amended Answer to Plaintiff’s Complaint. ECF No. 18. Defendants’ proposed First Amended Answer seeks to add affirmative defenses relating to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”) and the statute of frauds. Id. at 3-4; see also ECF No. 18- 2 at 11. In general, a court should liberally allow a party to amend its pleading.” Sonoma Cty. Ass’n of Retired Emps. v. Sonoma Cty., 708 F.3d 1109, 1117 (9th Cir. 2013) (citing Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)); see also Owens v. Kaiser Found. Health Plan,…