Jeneane Ottman v. Anthem Life Insurance Company

Filing 17

MINUTES (IN CHAMBERS) by Judge David O. Carter: Granting Plaintiff's Motion for Leave to File First Amended Complaint #16 ; Denying As Moot Defendant's Motion to Strike #12 ; and Motion to Dismiss #13 . See Order for details. (jtil)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
CIVIL MINUTES – GENERAL
Case No. SACV 15-0434-DOC (RNBx)

Date: June 30, 2015

Title: JENEANE OTTMAN V. ANTHEM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

PRESENT:
THE HONORABLE DAVID O. CARTER, JUDGE
Nancy Boehme
Courtroom Clerk

Not Present
Court Reporter

ATTORNEYS PRESENT FOR
PLAINTIFF:
None Present

ATTORNEYS PRESENT FOR
DEFENDANT:
None Present

PROCEEDINGS (IN CHAMBERS): ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S
MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE
FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT
[16]; DENYING AS MOOT
DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO
STRIKE [12] AND MOTION TO
DISMISS [13]
On May 20, 2015, Defendant Anthem Life Insurance Company filed a Motion to
Strike (Dkt. 12) and a Motion to Dismiss (Dkt. 13), noticed to be heard on July 20, 2015.
The notices of motions stated that Defendant would take the motions off calendar if
Plaintiff decided to amend her Complaint. On June 29, 2015, Plaintiff filed a motion for
leave to file a first amended complaint (Dkt. 16).
Generally, leave to amend a pleading “shall be freely given when justice so
requires.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a); see also Morongo Band of Mission Indians v. Rose, 893
F.2d 1074, 1079 (9th Cir. 1990) (holding that Rule 15’s policy of favoring amendments
to pleadings should be applied with “extreme liberality”).

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
CIVIL MINUTES – GENERAL
Case No. SACV 15-0434-DOC (RNBx)

Date: June 30, 2015
Page 2

Accordingly, the Court ORDERS as follows:
(1) Plaintiff’s Motion is GRANTED. Plaintiff shall file her first amended complaint
on or before July 6, 2015.1
(2) Defendant’s Motions are DENIED AS MOOT.
The Clerk shall serve this minute order on the parties.
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Initials of Deputy Clerk nkb

The proposed order filed with Plaintiff's Motion refers to a copy of the First Amended Complaint
“attached hereto as Exhibit 1.” See Proposed Order (Dkt. 16-2). However, there does not appear to be an
Exhibit 1 attached.