(a) Amended Pleadings. Unless the court orders otherwise, any amended
pleading must be complete in itself and must not incorporate by reference any prior
pleading.
(b) Motions to Amend. Any motion to amend a pleading must be
accompanied by: (1) a copy of the proposed amended pleading, and (2) a version of the
proposed amended pleading that shows — through redlining, underlining, strikeouts, or
other similarly effective typographic methods — how the proposed amended pleading
differs from the operative pleading. If the court grants the motion, the moving party must
file and serve the amended pleading.
[Adopted effective February 1, 1991; amended January 3, 2000; amended May 17,
2004; amended September 24, 2009; amended July 23, 2012]
2012 Advisory Committee’s Note to LR 15.1
The language of LR 15.1 has been amended in accordance with the restyling process described in
the 2012 Advisory Committee’s Preface on Stylistic Amendments.
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