What is the test for an amended version of a civil complaint?

Plaintiff will be granted leave to file an amended complaint, if she can allege a basis for this court's jurisdiction, as well as a cognizable legal theory against a proper defendant and with sufficient facts in support of that cognizable legal theory. Lopez v. Smith, 203 F.3d 1122, 1126-27 (9th Cir. 2000) (en banc) (district courts must afford pro se litigants an opportunity to amend to correct any deficiency in their complaints). Should plaintiff choose to file an amended

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