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Nature of Suit Code: 371
Nature of Suit: Truth in Lending
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal

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A motion to dismiss is not a “responsive pleading.” See Crum v. Circus Circus

Enterprises, 231 F.3d 1129, 1130 n. 3 (9th Cir. 2000).

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSEFINO VELARDE, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

 v.

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., et al.

Defendants. /

No. C 10-2255 MMC

ORDER DENYING AS MOOT

DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO

DISMISS/ALTERNATIVE MOTION FOR

MORE DEFINITE STATEMENT;

VACATING HEARING

Before the Court is defendant Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.’s (“Wells Fargo”) Motion to

Dismiss/Alternative Motion for More Definite Statement, filed June 1, 2010 and thereafter

noticed for hearing on July 30, 2010. On June 18, 2010, plaintiffs Josefino Velarde and

Carmelita Mendoza Velarde filed a First Amended Complaint. 

A party may amend a pleading “once as a matter of course” if no defendant files a

responsive pleading within “21 days after service of a motion under Rule 12(b), (e), or (f).” 

See Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(1)(B).1

 “[A]n amended pleading supersedes the original, the

latter being treated thereafter as non-existent.” Bullen v. De Bretteville, 239 F.2d 824, 833

(9th Cir. 1956), cert. denied, 353 U.S. 947 (1957).

Accordingly, the Court hereby DENIES as moot defendant Wells Fargo’s Motion to

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Dismiss/Alternative Motion for More Definite Statement, and VACATES the July 30, 2010

hearing thereon.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 28, 2010 

MAXINE M. CHESNEY

United States District Judge

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