Cockrell v. Sparks

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• holding that an amendment is futile “when the complaint as amended would still be properly dismissed”
• explaining that we review de novo whether amend- ment of a complaint would be futile
• explaining that district courts need not allow amendment when it would be futile
• stating the rule that leave to amend need not be given if it would not cure the pleading defect or otherwise would be futile
• “Leave to amend a complaint is futile when the complaint as amended would still be properly dismissed . . . .”
• “Leave to amend a complaint is futile when the complaint as amended would still be properly dismissed or be immediately subject to summary judgment for the defendant.” (citing Hall v. United Ins. Co. of Am., 367 F.3d 1255, 1263 (11th Cir. 2004)

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