What is the test for denial of leave to amend appropriate where further amendment is futile?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Martinez v. Davey, CASE No. 1:16-cv-1658-MJS (PC) (E.D. Cal. 2017):

2007); Plumeau v. Sch. Dist. # 40 Cnty. of Yamhill, 130 F.3d 432, 439 (9th Cir. 1997) (denial of leave to amend appropriate where further amendment would be futile).

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