Leisure Caviar, LLC v. United States Fish & Wildlife Service

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• noting that Rule 15 motions filed after an entry of judgment must meet Rule 59’s “heavier burden”
• stating that a court acts within its discretion when it denies a post-judgment motion to amend on account of “undue delay,” including delay resulting from a failure to incorporate previously available evidence
• providing that “[w]hen a party seeks to amend a complaint after an adverse judgment . . . . the claimant must meet the requirements for reopening a case established by Rules 59 or 60”
• holding motions for reconsideration should only be granted under four circumstances: “(1) a clear error of law; (2) newly discovered evidence; (3) an intervening change in controlling law; or (4) a need to prevent manifest injustice.”
• warning that with “a permissive amendment policy ..., plaintiffs could use the court as a sounding board to discover holes in their arguments, then reopen the case by amending their complaint to take account of the court’s decision” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• noting that Rule 15(a) requests are normally liberally granted

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).