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Nature of Suit Code: 710
Nature of Suit: Fair Labor Standards Act
Cause of Action: 29:201 Fair Labor Standards Act

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSE GONZALEZ,

Plaintiff,

v.

FALLANGHINA, LLC, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 16-cv-01832-MEJ 

ORDER FINDING AS MOOT MOTION 

TO DISMISS

Re: Dkt. No. 18

Pending before the Court is the Motion to Dismiss filed by Defendant(s). Dkt. No. 18. 

However, on May 31, 2016, Plaintiff filed an Amended Complaint. Dkt. No. 22. 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Further, “[d]ismissal of the superseded original complaint would not alter the proceedings 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superseded complaint).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 

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Rule 7. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 1, 2016

______________________________________

MARIA-ELENA JAMES

United States Magistrate Judge

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