The following excerpt is from Great Am. Ins. Co. v. Vasquez Marshall Architects, Case No.: 19-CV-1173-CAB-NLS (S.D. Cal. 2019):
deny opportunity to amend only if amendment would be futile. See Albrecht v. Lund, 845 F.2d 193, 195 (9th Cir. 1988) (dismissal without leave to amend is appropriate if amendment "could not possibly cure the deficiency"), amended, 856 F.2d 111 (9th Cir. 1988).
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