RICHARD L. BOURGEOIS, JR., Magistrate Judge.
Before the Court is Plaintiffs' Motion to Amend Original Complaint (R. Doc. 87) filed on February 7, 2018. The motion is opposed. (R. Doc. 97).
Desiree Delpit and Dexter Delpit ("Plaintiffs") are proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis. Dexter Delpit is incarcerated at the Elayn Hunt Correctional Center ("EHCC") in St. Gabriel, Louisiana. Desiree Delpit is his mother.
Plaintiffs commenced this action on January 13, 2016, and amended the complaint on February 25, 2016. (R. Doc. 1; R. Doc. 6). Plaintiffs allege that on January 16, 2015, that the police officer defendants "lied on their reports," pushed Desiree Delpit on the floor of her house and outside her house, and beat and falsely accused Dexter Delpit. (R. Doc. 6).
On December 7, 2016, the Court set the deadline to amend the pleadings on March 20, 2017. (R. Doc. 27). Non-expert discovery closed on July 24, 2017. (R. Doc. 41). The deadline to file dispositive motions expired on the date the instant motion was filed, February 7, `. (R. Doc. 79).
After a scheduling order is in place, amendments to pleadings beyond the date set by the scheduling order are governed by Rule 16 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, which requires a showing of "good cause" for modifying the deadline set by the scheduling order. See S & W Enter., LLC v. South Trust Bank of Alabama, 315 F.3d 533, 536 (5th Cir. 2003). In order to show "good cause" the party seeking modification must show the deadlines could not "reasonably be met despite the diligence of the party needing the extension." S & W Enter., 315 F.3d at 545 (citation omitted). The Court considers four factors for determining whether "good cause" exists to grant an untimely motion to amend a pleading: "(1) the explanation for the failure to timely move for leave to amend; (2) the importance of the amendment; (3) potential prejudice in allowing the amendment; and (4) the availability of a continuance to cure such prejudice." See id. (citing Reliance Ins. Co. v. Louisiana Land & Exploration Co., 110 F.3d 253, 257 (5th Cir. 1997)). "Only upon the movant's demonstration of good cause to modify the scheduling order will the more liberal standard of Rule 15(a) apply to the district court's decision to grant or deny leave." S & W Enter., 315 F.3d at 536.
Plaintiffs do not provide any basis for a finding of good cause to allow amendment at this point in the litigation. Plaintiffs' motion consists solely of the language of the proposed pleading, a significantly more detailed account of factual events than previously pled by Plaintiffs. (See R. Doc. 87).
Based on the foregoing,