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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:2674 Federal Tort Claims Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GUSTAVO GODOY,

Plaintiff,

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA et al.,

Defendants.

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Civil No. 11cv161-L(NLS)

ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT’S

MOTION TO DISMISS AS MOOT

On April 26, 2011 Defendant United States of America filed a motion to dismiss the

complaint. On May 17, 2011 Plaintiff filed the first amended complaint. The amended

complaint was timely filed pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(a).

An amended complaint supersedes a prior complaint as a pleading. Forsyth v. Humana,

Inc., 114 F.3d 1467, 1474 (9th Cir. 1997), aff’d on other grounds, Humana, Inc. v. Forsyth, 525

U.S. 299 (1999). A district court may treat as moot a pending motion to dismiss a superseded

pleading. See William W. Schwarzer et al., Fed. Civ. Proc. Before Trial ¶ 9:262 (2011). 

Accordingly, Defendant’s motion to dismiss is DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE. 

It is further ORDERED that Defendant shall file a response to the amended complaint, if

any, within the time provided in Rule 15(a)(3).

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The hearing on Defendant’s motion to dismiss, currently set on this court’s calendar for

July 11, 2011, is VACATED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: May 23, 2011

M. James Lorenz

United States District Court Judge

COPY TO: 

HON. NITA L. STORMES

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

ALL PARTIES/COUNSEL

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