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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

S.M., A MINOR, et al.

Plaintiffs,

 v.

WEST CONTRA COSTA COUNTY

UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

FINANCING CORPORATION, et al.

Defendants. /

No. C 07-05829 CRB

ORDER

Now pending before the Court is Defendants’ motion to dismiss and for a more

definite statement. Plaintiffs’ opposition states that they would like leave to file an amended

complaint to address some of the issues raised by Defendants’ motion.

A party may amend his complaint once as a matter of course at any time before a

responsive pleading is served. Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a). Defendants have not answered the

complaint; instead, they have filed a motion to dismiss. In the Ninth Circuit a motion to

dismiss is not considered a “responsive” pleading. See Miles v. Dep’t of Army, 881 F.2d

777, 781 (9th Cir. 1989). Thus, Plaintiffs do not require leave of court to file a first amended

complaint. See Rhoades v. Avon Products, Inc., 504 F.3d 1151, 1158 (9th Cir. 2007). 

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Plaintiffs shall file their amended complaint within twenty days of this order. If the

amended complaint is not filed by that date, the Court will take the motion to dismiss under

submission. If it is so filed, Defendants will have to respond anew to the motion to dismiss. 

The March 28, 2008 hearing is VACATED. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 17, 2008 

CHARLES R. BREYER

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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