As plaintiff did not obtain defendants' consent regarding filing an amended pleading, his Motion to Amend requires leave of court. A party may amend its pleading once without leave of the court at any time before the answer, demurrer, or motion to strike is filed.Customer: The Plaintiff entered a motion to strike my amended answer. 1. Complaint submitted with this Motion be deemed filed. 2. The Motion is made pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure section 473(a)(1) and. The following are relevant for JPs and may be modified as desired: Motion to Modify MOEP; Order on Motion to Modify MOEP; Request for MOEP. Needless to say, the Court less than enthusiastically embraces such motion. Applied in a prejudgment motion for leave to amend the complaint. The Court will NOT consider such motions filed after the deadline in the docket control order without a motion for leave demonstrating exceptionally good cause. I cited that law and filled out the form for my Motion for leave to amend ….