Petition of the day

Thepetition of the dayis:

Issue:Whether the freely given standard for the amendment of pleading embodied in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(a), and espoused inFoman v. Davis, applies to a motion to amend timely filed after the entry of judgment, as held by the Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Tenth Circuits, or whether the entry of judgment categorically forecloses any application of Rule 15(a), as held by the First, Seventh, Ninth, and Eleventh Circuits.