Legal Opinion
Scott-Blanton v. Universal City Studios Productions LLLP
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided August 27, 2007No. Civil Action No. 07-0098 (RMU)PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM ORDER
URBINA, District Judge.
Granting the Plaintiff’s Motion to Amend the Complaint
I. INTRODUCTION
This case comes before the court on the plaintiffs motion to amend her complaint. The pro se plaintiff, Janice Scott-Blanton, alleges that her novel, My Husband is on the Doumlow and I Know About It (“Doumlow”), is the creative source for the award-winning film Brokeback Mountain. Because Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(a) provides an automatic right for a plaintiff to amend her complaint once before the defendants file a responsive pleading, the court grants the plaintiffs motion.…
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