(PC)Perez v. Moreland

8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 Lisa Marie Perez, No. 2:17-cv-00508 □□□ AC 12 Plaintiff, ORDER 13 v. Kory L. Honea, et al., 1S Defendants.

17 The court previously adopted the Magistrate Judge’s recommendation to grant summary | judgment to defendants and close the case. See F&Rs, ECF No. 91, adopted, ECF No. 95; see | also Judgment, ECF No. 96. Plaintiff is currently pursuing an appeal. See Not. Appeal, ECF | No. 97. She now seeks leave to amend her complaint to change her last name from Belyew to | Perez; she proposes no other amendments. See Mot., ECF No. 100.

22 The Clerk of Court is instructed to update the docket of this action to refer to plaintiff as | “Lisa Marie Perez.” The court finds it has jurisdiction to grant that relief. See Brennan v. Opus | Bank, 796 F.3d 1125, 1134 (9th Cir. 2015) (“Final judgment and even the filing of a notice of | appeal does not divest a district court of its jurisdiction over matters ancillary to the | appeal ....”). The motion for leave to amend is granted in part to that extent and otherwise | denied.

28 | ///// 1 IT IS SO ORDERED.

2 DATED: January 16, 2024.

CHIEF ED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE