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Nature of Suit Code: 480
Nature of Suit: Consumer Credit
Cause of Action: 15:1692 Fair Debt Collection Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JON LARSON, an individual,

Plaintiff,

v.

SCRIPPS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL – LA 

JOLLA, a business entity, form unknown; 

R.M. Galicia, Inc. d/b/a PROGRESSIVE 

MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; and DOES 

1-10,

Defendants.

Case No.: 16-CV-2485 BEN JLB

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO 

DISMISS AS MOOT

[ECF No. 11]

Before the Court is a Motion to Dismiss filed by Scripps Health d/b/a Scripps 

Memorial Hospital La Jolla (“Scripps”). (ECF No. 11.) Shortly after Defendant filed its 

motion, Plaintiff filed his First Amended Complaint as a matter of right under Federal 

Rule of Civil Procedure 15. (ECF No. 15.)

Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(a)(1)(B), a party may amend its pleading 

once as a matter of course within 21 days after service of a responsive pleading, if the 

pleading is one to which a responsive pleading is required, or 21 days after service of a 

motion under Rule 12(b), (e), or (f), whichever is earlier. Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(1)(B). 

Here, the Motion to Dismiss was filed on November 11, 2016, and the First Amended 

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Complaint was filed on November 19, 2016. Therefore, the First Amended Complaint 

was timely filed. 

The filing of an amended complaint supersedes the original and renders it a nullity. 

Therefore, a motion to dismiss targeted at the original complaint, which is no longer in 

effect, is moot. Ramirez v. Cnty. of San Bernardino, 806 F.3d 1002, 1008 (9th Cir. 

2015). Accordingly, due to the filing of the First Amended Complaint, Defendant’s 

Motion is now moot. Defendant’s Motion is DENIED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 13, 2016

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