Opinion
Civil Action No. 10-cv-00515-RBJ-KMT.
October 4, 2011
ORDER
This matter is before the court on Plaintiff's "Motion Seeking Leave of Court" (Doc. No. 148, filed October 3, 2011). It appears Plaintiff wants to amend his complaint to add additional defendants discovered through Defendants' discovery responses.
The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provide that a party may amend a pleading by leave of court, and that leave shall be given freely when justice so requires. Fed.R.Civ.P. 15(a). Although the federal rules permit and require liberal construction and amendment of pleadings, the rules do not grant the parties unlimited rights of amendment. A motion to amend may be denied on the grounds of undue delay, bad faith or dilatory motive on the part of the movant, repeated failure to cure deficiencies by amendments previously allowed, undue prejudice to the opposing party by virtue of allowance of the amendment, or futility of amendment. Foman v. Davis, 371 U.S. 178, 182 (1962).
When seeking leave of the court to amend a complaint, the motion to amend must detail the proposed amendments and the reasons why such amendments are necessary. In addition, the plaintiff must attach the proposed amended complaint to the motion. The proposed amended complaint must stand alone; it must contain all of the plaintiff's claims. Here, the plaintiff does not detail why the amendments are necessary, nor does he attach a proposed amended complaint to his motion. As a result, it is impossible to determine if the proposed amendment is permissible. Therefore, it is
ORDERED that Plaintiff's "Motion Seeking Leave of Court" (Doc. No. 148) is DENIED without prejudice. Plaintiff may file a renewed motion to amend. The motion shall detail the proposed amendments and the reasons why such amendments are necessary. In addition, Plaintiff must attach the proposed amended complaint to the motion. The proposed amended complaint must contain all of the plaintiff's claims and all of the defendants against whom he wishes to assert claims.