E.J.T. v. Jefferson County

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF OREGON PORTLAND DIVISION E.J.T., Case No. 3:20-cv-01990-MO Plaintiff, v. OPINION AND ORDER JEFFERSON COUNTY et al., Defendants. MOSMAN, J., After nearly three years of litigation and multiple opportunities, Plaintiff E.J.T. for the first time moves to amend his complaint—in ways that he was or should have been aware of, are barred by the principles of estoppel, and are futile under the law of the case. The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure require courts to “freely give leave” to amend. Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(2). But they are only required…