BOWMAN v. DOE RUN RESOURCES CORP., 4:13 CV 2519 CDP. (2014)
Court: District Court, E.D. Missouri
Number: infdco20140404g45
Visitors: 31
Filed: Apr. 03, 2014
Latest Update: Apr. 03, 2014
Summary: MEMORANDUM AND ORDER CATHERINE D. PERRY, District Judge. This matter is before me on plaintiffs' amended complaint, which the Court will liberally construe on this occasion only as a motion for leave to amend the complaint. 1 Under Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(2), "[t]he court should freely give leave when justice so requires." This case is recently filed, and no discovery has taken place. Plaintiffs' amended complaint contains additional allegations against defendant All Type Contracting in an a
Summary: MEMORANDUM AND ORDER CATHERINE D. PERRY, District Judge. This matter is before me on plaintiffs' amended complaint, which the Court will liberally construe on this occasion only as a motion for leave to amend the complaint. 1 Under Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(2), "[t]he court should freely give leave when justice so requires." This case is recently filed, and no discovery has taken place. Plaintiffs' amended complaint contains additional allegations against defendant All Type Contracting in an ap..
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MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
CATHERINE D. PERRY, District Judge.
This matter is before me on plaintiffs' amended complaint, which the Court will liberally construe on this occasion only as a motion for leave to amend the complaint.1 Under Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(2), "[t]he court should freely give leave when justice so requires." This case is recently filed, and no discovery has taken place. Plaintiffs' amended complaint contains additional allegations against defendant All Type Contracting in an apparent attempt to address the issues raised in the pending motion to dismiss.2 Therefore, in the interests of justice I will grant plaintiffs leave to amend. Any future requests for leave to amend must be made by motion and accompanied by a proposed amended pleading. As defendant's motion to dismiss is directed at the original complaint, it will be denied as moot.
Accordingly,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiffs' motion for leave to amend the complaint [#35] is granted, and plaintiffs' amended complaint is deemed filed as of this date.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that defendant's motion to dismiss [#25] is denied as moot.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the motion for leave to appear pro hac vice by John Givens [#34] is granted.
FootNotes
1. Although plaintiffs were granted an extension of time to file their response to defendant All Type Contracting's motion to dismiss, leave to amend is still required under Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a) as plaintiffs' amended pleading was filed beyond the 21-day period provided in Rule 15(a)(1)(B) for amending as a matter of course.
2. I make no findings as to whether these allegations are sufficient to state a claim against All Type Contracting as the issue is not presently before me.
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