Sepulveda v. Reynoso
- Alex Tse
- 3:21-cv-02950
- U.S. District Court · Northern District of California
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In Sepulveda v. Reynoso, Judge Tse granted Sepulveda’s unopposed motion to add Itzel Reynoso as a defendant and ordered an amended complaint.
Richard Sepulveda may add Itzel Reynoso as a defendant and must file the first amended complaint by August 10, 2021; the court also canceled the scheduled hearing.
What happened
In Sepulveda v. Reynoso, Richard Sepulveda asked to amend his complaint to add Itzel Reynoso as a defendant. The opinion identifies Itzel Reynoso as the daughter of current defendant Martha Leticia Reynoso.
Martha Leticia Reynoso did not oppose the motion, and her deadline to respond had passed. The court found that justice would be served by allowing the proposed amendment.
Judge Alex Tse granted the motion, canceled the August 6, 2021 hearing, and ordered Sepulveda to file the amended complaint by August 10, 2021.
The detailed version
- Sepulveda v. Reynoso · No. 3:21-cv-02950
- Alex Tse
- Aug. 3, 2021
Background
Richard Sepulveda moved for permission to file a first amended complaint. He sought to add Itzel Reynoso, identified in the opinion as the daughter of current defendant Martha Leticia Reynoso, as a defendant.
Motion and ruling
Martha Leticia Reynoso did not oppose the motion, and her deadline to do so had passed. Applying Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(a)(2), which generally directs courts to freely allow amendments when justice requires, the court found that justice would be served by allowing the proposed amendment. Judge Alex Tse therefore granted Sepulveda’s unopposed motion.
The court vacated the hearing scheduled for August 6, 2021, and ordered Sepulveda to file the first amended complaint by August 10, 2021.
Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.