Free Motion to Amend/Correct - District Court of California - California

Case 3:07-cv-02193-LAB-WMC

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Filed 03/04/2008

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Patrick N. Keegan, Esq. (SBN: 167698) Brent Jex, Esq. (SBN: 235261) KEEGAN & BAKER, LLP 4370 La Jolla Village Drive, Suite 640 San Diego, California 92122 Telephone: (858) 552-6750 Facsimile: (858) 552-6749 Attorneys for Representative Plaintiff RICHARD STANFORD

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA RICHARD STANFORD, individually and ) Case No. 07-CV-2193 LAB (WMC) on behalf of all other persons similarly ) situated and on behalf of the general public, ) CLASS ACTION ) Plaintiff, ) Assigned to: The Hon. Larry A. Burns ) vs. ) PLAINTIFF'S REQUEST FOR LEAVE ) TO AMEND HOME DEPOT U.S.A., INC., a Delaware ) corporation; ) Date: March 17, 2008 ) Time: 10:30 a.m. Defendant. ) Place: Courtroom 9 ___________________________________ ) Should the Court grant Defendant Home Depot U.S.A., Inc.'s motion to dismiss,

18 Representative Plaintiff Richard Stanford requests leave to amend the First Amended 19 Complaint. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(a) provides that `"leave shall be freely given 20 when justice so requires."` In the Ninth Circuit, "[t]his policy is `to be applied with extreme 21 liberality.'" Eminence Capital, LLC v. Aspeon, Inc., 316 F.3d 1048, 1051 (9th Cir. 2003) 22 (reversing district court's denial of leave to amend); Foman v. Davis, 371 U.S. 178, 182 23 (1962). "[A] district court should grant leave to amend even if no request to amend the 24 pleading was made, unless it determines that the pleading could not possibly be cured by the 25 allegation of other facts." Lopez v. Smith, 203 F.3d 1122, 1130 (9th Cir. 2000). 26 /// 27 /// 28
Plaintiff's Request for Leave to Amend

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Case 3:07-cv-02193-LAB-WMC

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Dated: March 4, 2008

KEEGAN & BAKER, LLP s/Patrick N. Keegan Patrick N. Keegan, Esq. Brent Jex, Esq. Attorneys for Representative Plaintiff RICHARD STANFORD

Plaintiff's Request for Leave to Amend

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