Read the following excerpt from a US court opinion:
```
the pending Motion to Strike, specifying Plaintiffs failure to seek leave to file the amendment as grounds to strike. [Doc. # 13 (Mot.Strike) at 2.] Additionally, Defendants argued that assuming the Court allowed Plaintiff to submit an untimely Motion to Amend Complaint, any motion should be denied because of a failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted. [Id. at 3.] Plaintiff has not filed a response to Defendants’ Motion, timely or otherwise. DISCUSSION I. Defendants’ Motion to Strike Third Amended Complaint for Failure to Comply with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(a) (Doc. # 13) A. Legal Standard Rule 15(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provides that a party may amend a pleading “once as a matter of course at any time before a r 96, 699 (9th Cir.1988) . B. Analysis The Court recognizes that
```
What is the most suitable continuation to the opinion? Your options are:
A. holding that especially in civil rights claims a court has a duty to ensure that pro se litigants do not lose their right to a hearing on the merits  due to ignorance of technical procedural requirements
B. holding that pro se litigants must follow the kentucky rules of civil procedure
C. holding that although pro se litigants are entitled to liberal construction of their pleadings pro se litigants must follow procedural rules
D. recognizing that although pro se litigants are not entitled to greater rights than represented litigants due process principles permit the imposition of a procedural bar only after consideration of the pro se litigants reasonable expectations about what had occurred
E. recognizing that courts generally afford pro se litigants leniency in technical matters
Reply with [A, B, C, D, E] only.