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Nature of Suit Code: 710
Nature of Suit: Fair Labor Standards Act
Cause of Action: 15:2(a) Fair Labor Standards Act

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United States District Court 

Northern District of California 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LISETTE ADAMS, et al., 

 Plaintiffs, 

 v. 

CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, et al.,

 Defendants. 

Case No.: 13-CV-4689 YGR

ORDER STRIKING PLEADING

The Court STRIKES Plaintiffs' Second Amended Complaint, filed on January 2, 2014. (Dkt. 

No. 25 ("SAC").) Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(a), a party is permitted to amend a 

pleading once as a matter of course, but thereafter "may amend its pleading only with the opposing 

party's written consent or the court's leave." Here, Plaintiffs filed their initial complaint on October 

9, 2013 (Dkt. No. 1), and, consistent with Rule 15(a)(1)(A), amended their complaint as a matter of 

course twenty-one days later, on November 1, 2013 (Dkt. No. 11 ("FAC")). Defendants answered 

the FAC on December 16, 2013 (Dkt. No. 19), and filed an amended answer the following day, 

December 17, 2013 (Dkt. No. 20). On January 2, 2014, without seeking leave of the Court or filing 

a stipulation or other memorandum of Defendants' written consent to amendment, Plaintiffs filed 

the SAC. The SAC, having been filed in contravention of Rule 15, is without legal effect and is 

hereby STRUCK. The FAC remains the operative complaint in this case. Defendants need not 

answer the SAC. Nothing in this Order bars Plaintiffs from further seeking amendment of the FAC 

consistent with Rule 15. The Clerk shall strike Docket No. 25 from the record. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Date: January 7, 2014 _______________________________________ 

 YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

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