If a complaint fails to state a plausible claim, does a judge have the authority to amend the pleading?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Conservation Cong. v. U.S. Forest Serv., No. 13-cv-01922-TLN-CMK (E.D. Cal. 2014):
If a complaint fails to state a plausible claim, "'[a] district court should grant leave to amend even if no request to amend the pleading was made, unless it determines that the pleading could not possibly be cured by the allegation of other facts.'" Lopez v. Smith, 203 F.3d 1122,
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