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WONG v. DETROIT ENTERTAINMENT, LLC, 14-cv-13798. (2015)

Court: District Court, E.D. Michigan Number: infdco20150626c73 Visitors: 1
Filed: Jun. 25, 2015
Latest Update: Jun. 25, 2015
Summary: ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT (ECF #23) MATTHEW F. LEITMAN , District Judge . In 2014, Defendant Detroit Entertainment, LLC, employed Plaintiff Jenny Wong ("Wong") as a blackjack dealer at the Motor City Casino in Detroit, Michigan. Wong says that in May and June 2014, the Defendants erroneously accused her of stealing a $100 chip from the casino, interrogated her without her union representative present, and forced her to give up her occupatio
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ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT (ECF #23)

In 2014, Defendant Detroit Entertainment, LLC, employed Plaintiff Jenny Wong ("Wong") as a blackjack dealer at the Motor City Casino in Detroit, Michigan. Wong says that in May and June 2014, the Defendants erroneously accused her of stealing a $100 chip from the casino, interrogated her without her union representative present, and forced her to give up her occupational license. Wong and her husband (collectively, "Plaintiffs") subsequently filed this action, alleging Defendants violated state and federal law. (See ECF #1.)

On June 10, 2015, Plaintiffs requested leave to file a First Amended Complaint (the "Motion for Leave"). (See ECF #23.) Plaintiffs say that during discovery they learned for the first time that John Keating ("Keating"), a Michigan State Police officer, was "a participant in the investigation and arrest" of Wong. (See id. at 3, Pg. ID 173.) Plaintiffs now seek to amend their Complaint to add Keating as a Defendant.1

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(a)(2) provides that the Court should "freely give leave [to file an amended pleading] when justice so requires." Here, no party would suffer prejudice should the Court grant Plaintiffs leave to amend their Complaint. Discovery does not close until September 21, 2015, nearly four months from now. The parties therefore have sufficient time to conduct any additional discovery that may be necessary as a result of Plaintiffs adding Keating as a Defendant. Moreover, to extent any party may need additional time for discovery, the Court would be willing to grant a reasonable extension of the current scheduling order.

Accordingly, for all of the reasons stated above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff's Motion for Leave (ECF #23) is GRANTED.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiffs shall file their First Amended Complaint within fourteen days of the date of this Order.

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1. Defendants also seek to amend their Complaint "to delete all references to the Michigan State Police and the Michigan Gaming Control Board as defendants as each of those entities have been dismissed" from this action. (Mot. for Leave at 3, Pg. ID 173)
Source:  Leagle

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