Espinoza v. City of Seattle et al

Filing 30

ORDER granting Plaintiff's 27 Motion to Amend Complaint. Amended complaint due no later than fourteen (14) days from the date of this order. Signed by Judge James L. Robart. (PM)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 8 9 10 DANIEL ESPINOZA, Plaintiff, 11 v. CASE NO. C17-1709JLR ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO AMEND 12 13 CITY OF SEATTLE, et al., Defendants. 14 15 Before the court is Plaintiff Daniel Espinoza’s motion to amend his complaint. 16 (Mot. (Dkt. # 27); see also Prop. Am. Compl. (Dkt. # 28).) Defendants City of Seattle 17 and Lieutenant Thomas Mahaffey (collectively, “Defendants”) do not oppose the motion. 18 (Resp. (Dkt. # 29).) Based on Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(a)(2) and Defendants’ 19 lack of opposition, the court GRANTS Mr. Espinoza’s motion (Dkt. # 27). 1 The court 20 1 21 22 The court notes, however, that although Mr. Espinoza filed his proposed amended complaint, he did not do so in the manner consistent with Local Civil Rule 15. (See Prop. Am. Compl.); Local Rules W.D. Wash. LCR 15 (stating that a party seeking amendment “must indicate on the proposed amended pleading how it differs from the pleading that it amends by ORDER - 1 1 ORDERS Mr. Espinoza to file his amended complaint (Dkt. # 28) no later than fourteen 2 (14) days of the date of this order. See Local Rules W.D. Wash. LCR 15. 3 Dated this 23rd day of August, 2018. 5 A 6 JAMES L. ROBART United States District Judge 4 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 bracketing or striking through the text to be deleted and underlining or highlighting the text to be added”). Going forward, the court expects the parties to comply with all applicable rules and orders and DIRECTS Mr. Espinoza’s counsel to review the Local Civil Rules for the Western District of Washington. ORDER - 2

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