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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Personal Injury

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

NORTHERN DIVISION

CAROLYN BATES, )

Plaintiff, )

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v. ) CIVIL ACTION NO. 13-00051-KD-C

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UNITED STATES GENERAL SERVICES ) 

ADMINISTRATION, et al., )

Defendants. )

ORDER

This action is before the Court on the federal Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss, or 

Alternatively, for Summary Judgment (Doc. 12) and Motion for Leave to File the Statements 

of Fact and Conclusions of Law Supporting the Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 13). 

It is ORDERED that the federal Defendants’ motion to dismiss pursuant to Rule 12(b) of the 

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (Doc. 12) is DENIED as moot due to Plaintiff having since 

filed an Amended Complaint (Doc. 17). 1 It is further ORDERED that the federal 

Defendants’ motion for summary judgment pursuant to Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil 

Procedure (Doc. 12) and motion to submit supporting briefing (Doc. 13) are DENIED as 

premature, as Plaintiff has had no opportunity to engage in discovery. See Rule 56(a) 

(“The court shall grant summary judgment if the movant shows that there is no genuine 

dispute as to any material fact and the movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.” 

 1 See ParkerVision, Inc. v. Qualcomm Inc., No. 3:11-CV-719-J-37TEM, 2012 WL 612818, at *1-2

(M.D. Fla. Feb. 27, 2012) (“The granting of the Motion to Amend renders moot the parties’ previous 

pleadings. See Malowney v. Federal Collection Deposit Group, 193 F.3d 1342, 1345 n.1 (11th Cir. 1999) 

(noting that ‘[a]n amended complaint supersedes a previously filed complaint’); Meterlogic, Inc. v. 

Copier Solutions, Inc., 185 F. Supp. 2d 1292, 1297 (S.D. Fla. 2002) (noting that the plaintiff's filing of an 

amended complaint ‘rendered moot the parties' previous pleadings and the defendants' summary judgment 

and Daubert motion’) . . . The pending motions to dismiss (Docs. # 34 & # 36) are denied as moot in 

light of the First Amended Complaint.”).

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(emphasis added)).

The federal Defendants are reminded that a responsive pleading to Plaintiff’s 

Amended Complaint (Doc. 17) is due by Tuesday, September 3, 2013. (Doc. 16).

DONE and ORDERED this the 19th day of August 2013.

/s/ Kristi K. DuBose

KRISTI K. DuBOSE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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