Filed: Jul. 05, 2018
Latest Update: Jul. 05, 2018
Summary: ORDER ROBERT PITMAN , District Judge . Before the Court in the above-entitled matter is Defendant Mauro Padilla's Motion for Leave to Plead Counterclaim and for Joinder of Claims, (Dkt. 327). On September 21, 2017, the Court entered a Scheduling Order providing that parties seeking to amend or supplement pleadings or join additional parties were required to do so on or before November 15, 2017. (Sched. Order, Dkt. 249, 4). The instant motion was not filed until June 20, 2018—well after
Summary: ORDER ROBERT PITMAN , District Judge . Before the Court in the above-entitled matter is Defendant Mauro Padilla's Motion for Leave to Plead Counterclaim and for Joinder of Claims, (Dkt. 327). On September 21, 2017, the Court entered a Scheduling Order providing that parties seeking to amend or supplement pleadings or join additional parties were required to do so on or before November 15, 2017. (Sched. Order, Dkt. 249, 4). The instant motion was not filed until June 20, 2018—well after t..
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ORDER
ROBERT PITMAN, District Judge.
Before the Court in the above-entitled matter is Defendant Mauro Padilla's Motion for Leave to Plead Counterclaim and for Joinder of Claims, (Dkt. 327).
On September 21, 2017, the Court entered a Scheduling Order providing that parties seeking to amend or supplement pleadings or join additional parties were required to do so on or before November 15, 2017. (Sched. Order, Dkt. 249, ¶ 4). The instant motion was not filed until June 20, 2018—well after the applicable deadline, and only 20 days before trial. (See Mot. Leave, Dkt. 327).
Defendant is proceeding pro se, and the Court must therefore construe his pleadings liberally. Grant v. Cuellar, 59 F.3d 523, 524 (5th Cir. 1995). However, "[t]he right of self-representation does not exempt a party from compliance with relevant rules of procedural and substantive law." Birl v. Estelle, 660 F.2d 592, 593 (5th Cir. 1981). Defendant's motion, (Dkt. 327), is therefore DENIED.
