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Nature of Suit Code: 290
Nature of Suit: Other Real Property Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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09cv105

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROMERO CHUA,

Plaintiff,

v.

AMERICA’S WHOLESALE LENDER,

Defendant.

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Civil No. 09cv105-L(LSP)

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

DISMISS AS MOOT

Defendant filed a motion to dismiss the complaint pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil

Procedure 12(b)(6) and a motion to strike pursuant to Rule 12(f). Subsequently Plaintiff filed a

first amended complaint. For the reasons which follow, Defendant’s motions are DENIED AS

MOOT.

A party may amend its pleading once as a matter of course before being served with a

responsive pleading. Fed. R. Civ. Proc. 15(a)(1)(A). A motion such as a motion to dismiss or a

motion to strike is not a pleading, and therefore not a responsive pleading, as the term is used in

the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Fed. R. Civ. Proc. 7(a); see Crum v. Circus Circus

Enters., 231 F.3d 1129, 1130 n.3 (9th Cir. 2000). Accordingly, Plaintiff was able to file its first

amended complaint without leave of court. See id.

An amended complaint supersedes a prior complaint as a pleading. Forsyth v. Humana,

Inc., 114 F.3d 1467, 1474 (9th Cir. 1997). A district court may treat as moot a pending motion

to dismiss a superseded pleading, particularly where the amended complaint cures the pleading

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defect raised in the motion. See William W. Schwarzer et al., Fed. Civ. Proc. Before Trial ¶

9:262 (2009). 

Accordingly, Defendant’s motion to strike and motion to dismiss are DENIED AS

MOOT. Defendant shall file a response to the first amended complaint within the time provided

in Rule 15(a)(3).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: May 5, 2009

M. James Lorenz

United States District Court Judge

COPY TO: 

HON. LEO S. PAPAS

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

ALL PARTIES/COUNSEL

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