context: However, prejudice to the nonmoving party is not the only factor courts consider; the reasons for the delay are also relevant. Accordingly, a district court has discretion to deny leave to amend when the moving party's delay was the result of bad faith, dilatory tactics, or sheer inadvertence, or when the moving party offers no adequate explanation for a lengthy delay.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 884 F.2d 1510, 1517
citation_a.parenthetical: "[P]arties seeking the benefit of the rule's liberality have an obligation to exercise due diligence ____"
citation_a.sentence: See Carruthers v. BSA Adver., Inc., 357 F.3d 1213, 1218 (11th Cir.2004) (affirming the denial of leave to amend where the moving party offered no explanation for why she could not have included the proposed amended pleadings in her original complaint or her first amended complaint); Campbell v. Emory Clinic, 166 F.3d 1157, 1162 (11th Cir.1999) (affirming denial where “[t]he facts upon which the claims ... were based were available at the time the complaints were filed”); Hester, 941 F.2d at 1579 (“Given the long history of this case, and the opportunities for [the plaintiff] to attempt to cure the deficiencies in the complaint, [the plaintiffs] proposed amendment was clearly untimely....”); see also Quaker State Oil Refining Corp. v. Garrity Oil Co., 884 F.2d 1510, 1517 (1st Cir.1989) (“[P]arties seeking the benefit of the rule’s liberality have an obligation to exercise due diligence ____”).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 166 F.3d 1157, 1162
citation_b.parenthetical: affirming denial where "[t]he facts upon which the claims ... were based were available at the time the complaints were filed"
citation_b.sentence: See Carruthers v. BSA Adver., Inc., 357 F.3d 1213, 1218 (11th Cir.2004) (affirming the denial of leave to amend where the moving party offered no explanation for why she could not have included the proposed amended pleadings in her original complaint or her first amended complaint); Campbell v. Emory Clinic, 166 F.3d 1157, 1162 (11th Cir.1999) (affirming denial where “[t]he facts upon which the claims ... were based were available at the time the complaints were filed”); Hester, 941 F.2d at 1579 (“Given the long history of this case, and the opportunities for [the plaintiff] to attempt to cure the deficiencies in the complaint, [the plaintiffs] proposed amendment was clearly untimely....”); see also Quaker State Oil Refining Corp. v. Garrity Oil Co., 884 F.2d 1510, 1517 (1st Cir.1989) (“[P]arties seeking the benefit of the rule’s liberality have an obligation to exercise due diligence ____”).