Wood v. Eikenberry ( 2024 )

1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 3 * * * 4 ANDREA WOOD, Case No. 3:24-CV-00170-MMD-CLB 5 Plaintiff, ORDER STRIKING NOTICE – ADDITIONAL DEFENDANTS AND 6 v. DENYING MOTION FOR A HEARING 7 KEVIN EIKENBERRY, et al., [ECF Nos. 7, 8] 8 Defendants. 9 Before the Court are two documents filed by Plaintiff Andrea Wood (“Wood”): (1) 10 “Notice – Additional Defendants”; and (2) Motion for a Hearing. (ECF Nos. 7, 8.) Each is 11 addressed in turn. 12 I. DISCUSSION 13 A. Notice – Additional Defendants 14 First, Wood’s “Notice – Additional Defendants”, (ECF No. 7), appears to be an 15 attempt to amend her complaint to add two new defendants. 16 Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(a)(1) allows a party to amend its pleading once 17 as a matter of course within: (A) 21 days after serving it, or (B) if the pleading is one to 18 which a responsive pleading is required, 21 days after service of a responsive pleading. 19 Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(2) further instructs that “[i]n all other cases, a party may amend its 20 pleading only with the opposing party’s written consent or the court’s leave. The court 21 should freely give leave [to amend a pleading] when justice so requires,” and there is a 22 strong public policy in favor of permitting amendment. Bowles v. Reade, 198 F.3d 752, 23 757 (9th Cir. 1999). Further, LR 15-1 requires a party to attach proposed amended 24 pleadings to a motion seeking leave of court to file an amended pleading. 25 Here, Wood filed her “Notice” without leave and without an accompanying motion 26 or points and authorities in support of the proposed amended complaint. Accordingly, the 27 Court will strike Wood’s “Notice – Additional Defendants”, (ECF No. 7), for her failure to amend or amended complaint to the extend she seeks to add defendants. 2 B. Motion for Hearing 3 Next, Wood’s “Motion for Hearing” states an “Urgent Hearing date is requested to stop the theft of property without being even noticed.” (ECF No. 8.) Wood's motion is 5 | insufficient, as she has not provided the Court with sufficient information or a valid basis 6 | to hold a hearing. All motions must be supported by a memorandum of points and 7 | authorities and the failure of a moving party to file points and authorities in support of the 8 | motion constitutes a consent to the denial of the motion. LR 7-2(a), (d). Accordingly, the 9 | motion for hearing is denied. 10) IL CONCLUSION 11 Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that Wood's “Notice — Additional Defendants”, (ECF No. 7), is STRICKEN. 13 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Wood’s Motion for Hearing, (ECF No. 8), is 14| DENIED. 15| DATED: May17,2024_. | | ‘ 16 17 UNITED STATES\MAGISTRATE JUDGE 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28