India, Nov. 2 -- Director and actor Justin Baldoni's $400 million extortion and defamation lawsuit against Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds has officially been dismissed after he failed to meet a court-imposed deadline to amend his claims.

According to a news report by Complex, in a ruling signed on October 31, U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman of the Southern District of New York confirmed that Justin and his company, Wayfarer Studios, missed their opportunity to revive the case, bringing their legal battle to an end. The court noted that the plaintiffs "failed to respond" to an October 17 order asking why a final judgment shouldn't be entered, prompting the case's formal closure.

This marks the latest setback for Justin, whose complaint w...