The following excerpt is from Kelly v. Gyorkey, No. CIV S-11-2142 EFB P (E.D. Cal. 2012):
Plaintiff will be granted leave to file an amended complaint, if plaintiff can allege a cognizable legal theory against a proper defendant and sufficient facts in support of that cognizable legal theory. Lopez v. Smith, 203 F.3d 1122, 1126-27 (9th Cir. 2000) (en banc)
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