1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 3 JESSICA COLEMAN, et al., Case No.: 2:24-cv-00930-APG-MDC

4 Plaintiffs Order Affirming Magistrate Judge’s Order Denying Motion to Amend 5 v. [ECF Nos. 118, 119] 6 ROBERT TELLES, et al.,

7 Defendants

8 AND ALL RELATED CLAIMS

9 Robert Telles filed a motion to amend, requesting to add Kimberly McMahon as a 10 counter-defendant to his civil conspiracy counterclaim against Aleisha Goodwin and Rita Reid. 11 ECF No. 93. Magistrate Judge Couvillier denied that motion. ECF No. 118. Telles objects to 12 that order. ECF No. 119. I have reviewed the objection, Judge Couvillier’s Order, and the 13 underlying papers. Judge Couvillier’s Order is not “clearly erroneous or contrary to law.” Local 14 Rule IB 3-1(a). 15 I agree with Judge Couvillier that the proposed amendment would be futile because 16 Telles failed to plausibly allege an agreement between McMahon and the other alleged 17 conspirators: Goodwin and Reid. ECF No. 118 at 4; see also Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly, 550

, 556 (2007) (a claim must state “plausible grounds to infer an agreement” by raising 19 enough facts, taken as true, “to raise a reasonable expectation that discovery will reveal evidence 20 of illegal agreement”); On Demand Direct Response, LLC v. McCart-Pollack, No. 2:15-CV- 21 01576-MMD-VCF,

, at *3 (D. Nev. Sept. 30, 2016) (holding that the counter- 22 claimant failed to allege with sufficient specificity that there was an agreement between the 23 alleged conspirators). Telles does not allege whether the meeting where Goodwin and Reid convinced McMahon to corroborate their false assertions occurred before or after Detective 2\| Jappe interviewed McMahon or how Detective Jappe knew to interview McMahon in the first place. Telles’ allegations of “parallel conduct” among the three alleged conspirators making false bribery allegations gets “close to stating a claim, but without some further factual enhancement it stops short of the line between possibility and plausibility of entitlement to 6|| relief.” Bell Atl. Corp., 550 U.S. at 557 (simplified). Judge Couvillier dismissed Telles’ motion to amend his civil conspiracy counterclaim without prejudice, so if Telles has a factual basis to 8]| correct the deficiencies identified in Judge Couvillier’s Order, he may file a new motion to amend doing so.! 10 I THEREFORE ORDER that Magistrate Judge Couvillier’s Order (ECF No. 118) is affirmed, and Telles’ objection (ECF No. 119) is denied. 12 DATED this 27th day of October, 2025. 13 4 ANDREWP.GORDON. 15 CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Tf Telles files this motion, it should also address any amendment he wishes to make based on my order dismissing some of his counterclaims. ECF No. 127.