Simion Stepanischen v. Merchants Despatch Transportation Corporation

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• holding that plaintiff failed to carry his burden of demonstrating some valid reason to justify filing a motion to amend his complaint approximately 17 months after bringing suit
• observing that, in a discriminatory discharge case, a plaintiff “will rarely, if ever, be able to produce a ‘smoking gun’ that provides direct, subjective evidence of an employer’s ... intent”
• discussing cases imposing on the movant the burden to explain grounds for delay when the delay was fourteen, fifteen, and seventeen months, respectively
• upholding the Massachusetts District Court’s denial of plaintiffs motion to amend the complaint to add a breach of contract claim after 17 months of discovery had been completed
• deeming a 17-month delay between the initiation of the action and filing a motion to amend, served ten days prior to the close of discovery, to be undue
• sanctioning such local rules that facilitate analysis of summary judgment motions

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