Wong et al v. Detroit Entertainment et al

Filing 28

ORDER Granting Plaintiffs' 23 Motion for Leave to File First Amended Complaint. Signed by District Judge Matthew F. Leitman. (HMon)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION
JENNY WONG and
MICHAEL CHUNG
Plaintiffs,

Case No. 14-cv-13798
Hon. Matthew F. Leitman

v.
DETROIT ENTERTAINMENT,
LLC, et al.
Defendants.
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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

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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.

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

s/Matthew F. Leitman
MATTHEW F. LEITMAN
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Dated: June 25, 2015
I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing document was served upon the
parties and/or counsel of record on June 25, 2015, by electronic means and/or
ordinary mail.
s/Holly A. Monda
Case Manager
[phone]

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