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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Breach of Contract

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WO

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

quasar energy group, llc,

Plaintiff,

v. 

WOF SW GGP 1 LLC, 

Defendant.

No. CV-18-2300-PHX-RCC (EJM)

ORDER

WOF SW GGP 1 LLC,

Counter-Plaintiff,

v. 

quasar energy group, llc, 

Counter-Defendant.

quasar energy group, llc,

Third-Party Plaintiff,

v. 

Vaughan Co., Inc., et al., 

Third-Party Defendant.

Currently pending before the Court is Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant quasar energy 

group, llc’s Motion for Leave to File First Amended Third-Party Complaint Instanter (Doc. 

120). Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant seeks leave to amend its Third-Party Complaint to 

remove Third-Party Defendant Cleveland Plumbing Supply Co. and replace it with Skyline 

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Mechanical Services, Inc. See id., Redline Proposed First Amended Third-Party Complaint 

(Exh. “B”). Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant asserts that this amendment is necessary because 

of its recent discovery of additional alleged defects not previously claimed by 

Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff WOF SW GGP1, LLC. See id. at 2. Rule 14(a), Federal Rules 

of Civil Procedure, provides that “[a] defending party may, as third-party plaintiff, serve a 

summons and complaint on a nonparty who is or may be liable to it for all or part of the 

claim against it.” “The crucial characteristic of a Rule 14 claim is that defendant is 

attempting to transfer to the third-party defendant the liability asserted against him by the 

original plaintiff.” Stewart v. American Int’l Oil & Gas Co., 845 F.2d 196, 200 (9th Cir. 

1988) (quoting Wright & Miller, 6 Fed. Prac. & Proc. § 1446 at 257 (1971 ed.)). “The 

decision to allow a third-party defendant to be impleaded under rule 14 is entrusted to the 

sound discretion of the trial court.” United States v. One 1977 Mercedes Benz, 708 F.2d 

444, 452 (9th Cir. 1983).

The Court has reviewed the proposed amendments and notes that claims against all 

other Third-Party Defendants remain unchanged. See id., Exh. “B.” An amended 

complaint supersedes the original complaint. See Ferdik v. Bonzelet, 963 F.2d 1258, 1262 

(9th Cir. 1992); Hal Roach Studios v. Richard Feiner & Co., 896 F.2d 1542, 1546 (9th Cir. 

1990). After amendment, the Court will treat the original Third-Party Complaint (Doc. 46)

as nonexistent. Ferdik, 963 F.2d at 1262. As such, Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant shall be 

allowed to amend its Third-Party Complaint (Doc. 46). 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant quasar 

energy group, llc’s Motion for Leave to File First Amended Third-Party Complaint

Instanter (Doc. 120) is GRANTED.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant quasar energy 

group, llc shall file and serve its First Amended Third-Party Complaint within fourteen

(14) days of the date of this Order. See LRCiv. 15.1 (a).

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all currently pending motions to dismiss filed 

against the original Third-Party Complaint (Doc. 46), shall stand as to the First-Amended 

Third-Party Complaint, unless notice is otherwise given.

Dated this 18th day of October, 2019.

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