Nettleton v. United Parcel Service Inc

Opinion

THE HONORABLE JOHN C. COUGHENOUR 1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 8 AT SEATTLE 9 SCOTT NETTLETON, CASE NO. C19-1684-JCC 10 Plaintiff, MINUTE ORDER 11 v. 12 UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC, 13 Defendant. 14

15 This matter comes before the Court on the parties’ stipulated motion for leave for 16 Plaintiff Scott Nettleton to amend the complaint (Dkt. No. 20). Defendant United Parcel Service 17 consents to the amendment, and it is proper under Rule 15. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(2) (“a party 18 may amend its pleading . . . with the opposing party’s consent”). “Once the adverse party has 19 consented to the amendment of a pleading, the court has no control over the matter under Rule 20 15(a).” Fern v. United States, 213 F.2d 674, 677 (9th Cir. 1954). 21 Accordingly, the Court GRANTS the parties’ stipulated motion. Plaintiff Scott Nettleton 22 must file the amended complaint within 14 days of this order. The amended complaint may not 23 differ from the complaint attached to the parties’ motion at Dkt. No. 20-1. 24 // 25 // 26 // 1 DATED this 7th day of October 2020. 2 William M. McCool Clerk of Court 3 s/Tomas Hernandez 4 Deputy Clerk 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26