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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 15:2301 Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FELIX RODRIGUEZ,

Plaintiff,

v.

FORD MOTOR COMPANY, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No.: 17-CV-1768 W (KSC)

ORDER DENYING AS MOOT 

DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO 

STRIKE PUNITIVE DAMAGES 

PRAYER [DOC. 11]

Pending before the Court is Defendants’ motion to strike the punitive damages 

prayer from Plaintiff’s Complaint. [Doc. 11.] The Court decides the matter on the papers 

submitted and without oral argument pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7.1(d)(1). For the 

reasons that follow, the Court denies Defendants’ motion as moot. 

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“A party may amend its pleading once as a matter of course within . . . 21 days 

after service of a responsive pleading or 21 days after service of a motion under Rule 

12(b), (e), or (f), whichever is earlier.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a). “[A]n amended pleading 

supersedes the original pleading.” Ferdik v. Bonzelet, 963 F.2d 1258, 1262 (9th Cir. 

1992), as amended (May 22, 1992). “[A]fter amendment the original pleading no longer 

performs any function and is “ ‘treated thereafter as non-existent[.]’ ” Id. (quoting Loux 

v. Rhay, 375 F.2d 55, 57 (9th Cir. 1967), overruled in part not relevant here by Lacey v. 

Maricopa Cty., 693 F.3d 896, 928 (9th Cir. 2012)). 

Defendants’ motion is based on Plaintiff’s original Complaint, filed on September 

1, 2017. (See Defs.’ Mot. [Doc. 11].) Plaintiff filed a First Amended Complaint (“FAC”)

on October 31, 2017—one day after Defendants’ motion and within the 21 days allowed 

for amending as a matter of course. (FAC [Doc. 12].) See Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a). 

Because the original Complaint no longer performs any function, see Ferdik, 963 F.2d at 

1262, Defendants’ motion to strike a punitive damages prayer from it is denied as moot. 

[Doc. 11.]

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 13, 2017

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