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Nature of Suit Code: 850
Nature of Suit: Securities, Commodities, Exchange
Cause of Action: 15:78m(a) Securities Exchange Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JIM COLLINS et al.,

Plaintiffs,

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WINEX INVESTMENTS, LLC, et al.,

Defendants, _________________________________

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Civil No. 08cv51-L(CAB)

ORDER DENYING AS MOOT

DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO

DISMISS

Currently pending before the court are Defendants’ motion to dismiss pursuant to Federal

Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) and motion to strike pursuant to Rule 12(f) . On April 3, 2008,

Plaintiffs filed an amended complaint. “A party may amend its pleading once as a matter of

course [] before being served with a responsive pleading. Fed. R. Civ. Proc. 15(a)(1). “A

motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim is not a responsive pleading.” Allwaste, Inc. v.

Hecht, 65 F.3d 1523, 1530 (9th Cir. 1995). Plaintiff therefore had a right to file an amended

complaint without leave to court. See id. An amended complaint supersedes a prior complaint

as a pleading. Forsyth v. Humana, Inc., 114 F.3d 1467, 1474 (9th Cir. 1997); Hal Roach

Studios, Inc. v. Richard Feiner & Co., 896 F.2d 1542, 1546 (9th Cir. 1990). Therefore, where a

plaintiff elects to file an amended complaint, a district court may treat an existing motion to

dismiss as moot. Defendants’ motions to dismiss and to strike are DENIED AS MOOT. This

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order is WITHOUT PREJUDICE to Defendants moving to dismiss or strike Plaintiffs’

amended complaint.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: April 4, 2008

M. James Lorenz

United States District Court Judge

COPY TO: 

HON. CATHY ANN BENCIVENGO

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

ALL PARTIES/COUNSEL

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