Ninth Circuit· 2/13/1987

Noll v. Carlson

Citations

809 F.2d 1446
7 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 253
1987 U.S. App. LEXIS 2142

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holding that while the court ordinarily would permit a pro se plaintiff leave 15 to amend, leave to amend should not be granted where it appears amendment would be futile
finding that courts dismiss complaints without leave to amend if “it is absolutely clear that the deficiencies of the complaint could not be cured by amendment.”
noting that a pro se 12 litigant is entitled to notice of the deficiencies in the 13 complaint and an opportunity to amend, unless the complaint’s 14 deficiencies could not be cured by amendment
“Without the benefit of a statement of deficiencies, the pro se litigant will likely repeat previous errors.”
leave to amend is liberally granted unless absolutely 18 clear deficiencies cannot be cured by amendment
leave to amend is liberally granted unless 26 absolutely clear deficiencies cannot be cured by amendment

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