Brooks v. Taylor County et al, No. 1:2020cv00049 - Document 64 (N.D. Tex. 2021)

Court Description: Memorandum Opinion and Order Granting Farmer and Meiser's Second Motion to Dismiss and Granting Brooks Leave to Amend. Before the Court are Randall Farmer and Stan Meiser's Second Rule 12(b)(6) Motion to Dismiss (Dkt. Nos. 30 - 31 ) and Plaintiff's Motion for Leave of Court to File His Second Amended Complaint (Dkt. No. 60 ). For the reasons explained herein, the Court dismisses Brooks's claims against the officers. However in the interest of justice, the Court grants Brooks leave to file his proposed Second Amended Complaint [60-1]. The Court finds that leave is appropriate because the proposed Second Amended Complaint is not futile, allowing leave to amend would not unduly prejudice the officers, and denying le ave would unduly prejudice Brooks. Accordingly, the Court grants Brooks's motion for leave to amend 60 and orders the Clerk of Court to file the proposed Second Amended Complaint into the official record in this case. The Court orders Officer s Farmer and Meiser to file an answer to the Second Amended Complaint within 14 days of it being filed. There is a pending motion for summary judgment filed by the remaining defendants relating to the allegations in the First Amended Complaint. (Dk t. No. 44 ). The First Amended Complaint will have no legal effect upon the filing of the Second Amended Complaint. As explained herein, the Court is granting leave to amend on the condition that the pending motion for summary judgment and brief r emain in effect, and the Court will treat those filings as being directed at the allegations in the Second Amended Complaint. Officers Farmer and Meiser must file an answer no later than 14 days after the Second Amended Complaint is filed. The rema ining defendants may amend their answer to respond to the new allegations and modify paragraph numbers to correspond with the numbered paragraphs of Brooks's Second Amended Complaint. See Order for further details and information. (Ordered by Judge James Wesley Hendrix on 7/19/2021) (jak)

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