The following excerpt is from White v. Smyers, No. 2:12-cv-2868 MCE AC P (E.D. Cal. 2015):
applied with extreme liberality." Morongo Band of Mission Indians v. Rose, 893 F.2d 1074, 1079 (9th Cir. 1990). The court is guided by the following factors in assessing whether to grant leave to amend: "undue delay, bad faith or dilatory motive on the part of the movant, repeated failure to cure deficiencies by amendments previously allowed, undue prejudice to the opposing party by virtue of allowance of the amendment [and] futility of amendment." Foman v. Davis, 371 U.S. 178, 182 (1962).
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