(PC)Perez v. Moreland

Opinion

Lisa Marie Perez, No. 2:17-cv-00508 □□□ AC Plaintiff, ORDER v. Kory L. Honea, et al., 1S Defendants. The court previously adopted the Magistrate Judge’s recommendation to grant summary judgment to defendants and close the case. See F&Rs, ECF No. 91, adopted, ECF No. 95; see also Judgment, ECF No. 96. Plaintiff is currently pursuing an appeal. See Not. Appeal, ECF No. 97. She now seeks leave to amend her complaint to change her last name from Belyew to Perez; she proposes no other amendments. See Mot., ECF No. 100. The Clerk of Court is instructed to update the docket of this action to refer to plaintiff as “Lisa Marie Perez.” The court finds it has jurisdiction to grant that relief. See Brennan v. Opus Bank, 796 F.3d 1125, 1134 (9th Cir. 2015) (“Final judgment and even the filing of a notice of appeal does not divest a district court of its jurisdiction over matters ancillary to the appeal ....”). The motion for leave to amend is granted in part to that extent and otherwise denied. /////

DATED: January 16, 2024. CHIEF ED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE