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Nature of Suit Code: 480
Nature of Suit: Consumer Credit
Cause of Action: 15:1692 Fair Debt Collection Act

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SCOTT FITZGERALD,

Plaintiff,

v.

BOSCO CREDIT, LLC, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 16-cv-01473-MEJ 

ORDER FINDING AS MOOT MOTION 

TO DISMISS

Re: Dkt. Nos. 8, 13

Pending before the Court are the Motions to Dismiss filed by Defendants. Dkt. Nos. 8, 13. 

However, on May 2, 2016, Plaintiff filed an Amended Complaint. Dkt. No. 15. Under Federal 

Rule of Civil Procedure 15, a party may amend its pleading once “as a matter of course” within 

“21 days after service of a motion under Rule 12(b), (e), or (f).” Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(1)(B). 

“[T]he general rule is that an amended complaint supercedes the original complaint and renders it 

without legal effect . . . .” Lacey v. Maricopa County, 693 F.3d 896, 927 (9th Cir. 2012) (en 

banc). Thus, as no prior amended complaints have been filed, Plaintiff could file an amended 

complaint as a matter of course under Rule 15(a). Further, “[d]ismissal of the superseded original 

complaint would not alter the proceedings . . . as the parties would continue to litigate the merits 

of the claims contained in the now-operative First Amended Complaint.” See Liberi v. Defend 

Our Freedoms Founds., Inc., 509 F. App’x 595, 596 (9th Cir. 2013) (dismissing as moot appeal of 

denial of an anti-SLAPP motion regarding a superseded complaint). Thus, since the pending

motion is based on the original complaint, the Court hereby DENIES the motion as moot. 

Defendants shall file an answer or other responsive pleading within 21 days from the date of this 

Order. The Court advises Plaintiff that no further amendments may be made without seeking 

leave of Court pursuant to Rule 15 and Civil Local Rule 7. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 2, 2016

______________________________________

MARIA-ELENA JAMES

United States Magistrate Judge

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