Minch Family LLLP v. Estate of Norby

SMITH, Circuit Judge.

Minch Family LLLP (“Minch Family”) sued the Estate of Gladys I. Norby and Robert N. Norby (collectively, “the Norbys”) in diversity, seeking injunctive relief and damages for flooding of the Minch Family’s property, allegedly caused by a field dike built on the Norbys’ land. The magistrate judge 1 denied the Minch Family’s motion to amend its complaint to add a claim for punitive damages and its motion to amend the court’s scheduling order. Thereafter, the district court 2 granted the Norbys’ motion for summary judgment, concluding that the applicable statute of…