Pathway Innovations and Technologies Inc. v. Learning Glass Solutions, Inc.

District Court, S.D. California · 3:21-cv-01648 · 2022-05-13 · Unknown

Proceeding: district
Area: civil
Panel: Jinsook Ohta (author)

Analysis

A model's reading — qwen3.8-27b, prompt own-v1, 2026-10-13T22:29Z · confidence high

The parties filed a joint motion seeking leave for the defendant to file counterclaims. The court granted the motion and deemed the counterclaims filed as of the date of the order.

What the court decided	The model
Granting the parties' joint motion for leave to file counterclaims “IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the parties’ joint motion is hereby GRANTED and that the counterclaims appended to the Lawton declaration as Ex. 1 are deemed filed as of the date below written.”	agree with court The decision follows from the law and the record recited in the order. Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(a)(2), leave to amend pleadings (including to add counterclaims) shall be freely given when justice so requires, and the Ninth Circuit applies a liberal standard to such requests. Because the motion was joint, indicating consent, and the court cited the appropriate liberal standard, the grant is procedurally and substantively correct.

What the court decided

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Granting the parties' joint motion for leave to file counterclaims

“IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the parties’ joint motion is hereby GRANTED and that the counterclaims appended to the Lawton declaration as Ex. 1 are deemed filed as of the date below written.”

agree with court
The decision follows from the law and the record recited in the order. Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(a)(2), leave to amend pleadings (including to add counterclaims) shall be freely given when justice so requires, and the Ninth Circuit applies a liberal standard to such requests. Because the motion was joint, indicating consent, and the court cited the appropriate liberal standard, the grant is procedurally and substantively correct.

The order itself: sound — The order correctly identifies the governing rule (Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(2)) and the applicable circuit standard (liberal grant of leave). It notes the motion is joint, which satisfies the consent requirement or at least supports the 'good cause' finding. The reasoning is concise but sufficient for a procedural order granting leave to amend based on joint consent and liberal standards.

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Opinion

2 4 6 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 PATHWAY INNOVATIONS AND Case No. 21-CV-1648-JO (WVG) 12 || TECHNOLOGIES INC., a California corporation, ORDER GRANTING 13 DEFENDANT LEARNING GLASS Plaintiff, SOLUTIONS, INC. LEAVE TO 14 FILE COUNTERCLAIMS 55 Vv. 15 LEARNING GLASS SOLUTIONS, 16 || INC., a California corporation, 17 Defendant. 18 19 20 Before the Court is the parties’ joint motion for an order granting leave 21 to defendant Learning Glass Solutions, Inc., to file counterclaims.

99 Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(2) authorizes the granting of such a motion on the 93 parties’ written consent or the Court’s leave. Requests for leave to file such counterclaims or amend the pleadings are granted with liberality in this 95 Circuit. Moss v. U.S. Secret Serv., 572 F.3d 962, 972 (9th Cir. 2009) (citation and internal quotations omitted). 97 For the foregoing reasons, and good cause therefor appearing, 28 1 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the 2 || parties’ joint motion is hereby GRANTED and that the counterclaims 3 || appended to the Lawton declaration as Ex. 1 are deemed filed as of the date 4 || below written. 5 ITIS SO ORDERED. 6 7 s1B{ □ 9 |} DATED: 10 Jinsogk Ohta United States District Judge 11 12 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 9 Case No. ‘21CV1648 JO WVG