The following excerpt is from Goods v. Bakersfield Police Dep't, Case No.: 1:17-cv-01009 - DAD - JLT (E.D. Cal. 2017):
claim. However, it is not clear whether the factual deficiencies may be cured by amendment. See Noll v. Carlson, 809 F.2d 1446, 1448-49 (9th Cir. 1987); see also Lopez, 203 F.3d at 1128 (dismissal of a pro se complaint without leave to amend for failure to state a claim is proper only where it is obvious that an opportunity to amend would be futile).
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