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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Civil Rights Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAM BEDWELL, SUZANNE M.

MORENO and JONATHON SIMON,

Plaintiffs,

CASE NO. 07cv65 WQH (JMA)

ORDER DENYING MOTION

TO DISMISS AS MOOT

(Doc. # 6)

vs.

FISH & RICHARDSON P.C., a

corporation, and DOES 1 through 25,

inclusive,

Defendants.

Pending before the Court is Defendant Fish & Richardson’s Motion to Dismiss

Plaintiffs’ Third Cause of Action (“Motion to Dismiss”) (Doc. # 6), filed January 17, 2007.

On February 6, 2007, Plaintiffs filed a First Amended Complaint, as was their right pursuant

to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a) (“A party may amend the

party’s pleading once as a matter of course at any time before a responsive pleading is

served....”); see also Crum v. Circus Circus Enters., 231 F.3d 1129, 1130 n.3 (9th Cir. 2000)

(“A motion to dismiss is not a ‘responsive pleading’ within the meaning of Rule 15.”). Once

filed, an amended complaint supersedes the original complaint in its entirety. See London v.

Coopers & Lybrand, 644 F.2d 811, 814 (9th Cir. 1981). Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss,

addressing the original Complaint, became moot once the First Amended Complaint was filed.

Therefore, Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss (Doc. # 6) is DENIED AS MOOT. Defendant

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shall file a response to the First Amended Complaint no later than April 6, 2007, pursuant to

the Court’s February 22, 2007 Order granting the parties’ joint motion for extension of time.

(Doc. # 15.)

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: March 6, 2007

WILLIAM Q. HAYES

United States District Judge

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