Baucom et al v. Lombardi et al

Filing 12

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER - IT IS HERBY ORDERED that plaintiffs motion to amend [ECF No. 11 ] is DENIED. Signed by District Judge Jean C. Hamilton on 3/23/16. (KJS)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI
NORTHERN DIVISION
JASON RILEY BAUCOM, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
v.
GEORGE A. LOMBARDI, et al.,
Defendants,

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No. 2:16CV8 NAB

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
This matter is before the Court on plaintiff’s motion to file an amended complaint.
On March 11, 2016, the Court reviewed this action under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e) and
dismissed it for failure to state a claim. In the instant motion, plaintiff seeks leave to add three
new defendants, none of whom are state actors.
Although the Federal Rules have a liberal policy towards amendments, “[p]ost-dismissal
motions to amend are disfavored,” In re Medtronic, Inc., Sprint Fidelis Leads Products Liability
Litigation, 623 F.3d 1200, 1208 (8th Cir. 2010), and amendments should not be granted when
they would be frivolous or “futile,” see Foman v. Davis, 371 U.S. 178, 182 (1962). In this case,
the proposed amendments are futile. The proposed defendants would necessarily be dismissed
for the same reasons the Court dismissed defendant Nancy Huber.
Accordingly,
IT IS HERBY ORDERED that plaintiff’s motion to amend [ECF No. 11] is DENIED.
Dated this

23rd

day of March, 2016.

\s\ Jean C. Hamilton
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE