Motion for Leave to File Amended Complaint
TENTATIVE RULING:
Motion for Leave to Amend
Plaintiff Kelley Anton moves for leave to file a First Amended Complaint (“FAC”).
For the following reasons, the unopposed motion is GRANTED.
Civil Procedure Code § 473(a)(1) provides that “[t]he court may . . . in its discretion, after notice to the adverse party, allow, upon any terms as may be just, an amendment to any pleading . . . .” The court’s discretion will usually be exercised liberally to permit amendment of the pleadings. (Howard v. County of San Diego (2010) 184 Cal.App.4th 1422, 1428.) The policy favoring amendment is so strong that it is a rare case in which denial of leave to amend can be justified. (Id.)
Here, Plaintiff seeks leave to file the FAC to make certain clerical corrections and some substantive changes to the factual allegations of the Complaint and to allege newly-discovered facts based on discovery responses received from Defendant in May of 2021. The court observes Defe