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A plaintiff in D.C. Superior Court wants to add a new defendant after the statute of limitations has run. Under SCR-Civil 15(c) (mirroring FRCP 15(c)), the amendment will relate back to the original filing date if:

The plaintiff simply requests it The new defendant consents in writing Relation back is never permitted to add new parties The claim arose from the same conduct and the new party received notice and knew or should have known the action would have been brought against it but for a mistake

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The claim arose from the same conduct and the new party received notice and knew or should have known the action would have been brought against it but for a mistake

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