Is it possible to amend the nature of a plaintiff's lawsuit by adding new unrelated claims in her amended complaint?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Hopton v. Fresno Cnty. Human Health Sys., Case No. 1:20-cv-00141-NONE-SKO (E.D. Cal. 2020):
nature of this suit by adding new, unrelated claims in her amended complaint. George v. Smith, 507 F.3d 605, 607 (7th Cir. 2007) (no "buckshot" complaints).
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