(a) Proposed amendment to accompany the motion.
When a party files a motion requesting leave to file an amended pleading, the proposed
amended pleading must be retyped or reprinted so that it will be complete in itself including
exhibits and shall be filed on paper as a separate document or, in the Electronic Filing System,
as an attachment to the motion. If the motion is granted, the clerk shall forthwith file the
amended pleading. Unless otherwise ordered, an amended pleading that does not add a new
defendant shall be deemed to have been served for the purpose of determining the time for
response under Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a), on the date the court grants leave for its filing. A party
granted leave to amend its pleading, when the amended pleading would add a new defendant,
shall file and effect service of the amended pleading within thirty (30) days after the date of the
Order granting leave for its filing.
(b) Highlighting of amendments.
The party filing the motion requesting leave to file an amended pleading shall provide: (1)
the proposed amended pleading as set forth in subsection (a) of this rule, and (2) a copy of the
original pleading in which stricken material has been lined through and any new material has
been inserted and underlined or set forth in bold-faced type.
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