The following excerpt is from Angeles ex rel. A.A. v. Clovis Unified Sch. Dist., CASE NO. 1:13-CV-01777 AWI SMS (E.D. Cal. 2014):
The court "should grant leave to amend even if no request to amend the pleading was made, unless it determines that the pleading could not possibly be cured by the allegation of other facts." Lopez v. Smith, 203 F.3d 1122, 1127 (9th Cir. 2000).
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