Uma R. Kandan v. Andrea R. Lucas, Chair, Division (3), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Summary

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana grants Defendant’s ex parte motion for leave to file an amended answer. The amendment would add a “same decision” defense to a mixed-motive employment-discrimination theory, and the court finds that allowing it would cause no prejudice and promote judicial efficiency.

Holdings

1. Leave to amend was warranted because the proposed amendment conformed the pleadings to the mixed-motive issue being tried, would not prejudice Plaintiff, and would promote judicial efficiency.

Questions Presented

1. Whether Defendant should be granted leave under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(b) to amend its answer to plead a same-decision defense to a mixed-motive theory.

Disposition

other