Delacruz v. Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.

Opinion

USDC SDNY UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DOCUMENT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ELECTRONICALLY FILED EMMANUEL DELACRUZ, ON BEHALF OF DOC # HIMSELF AND ALL OTHER PERSONS DATE FILED: _ 3/16/2020 _ SIMILARLY SITUATED, Plaintiff, -against- 19 Civ. 9852 (AT) BED BATH & BEYOND, INC, ORDER Defendant. ANALISA TORRES, District Judge: On February 26, 2020 Defendant moved to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a claim. ECF No. 27. On March 11, 2020, Plaintiff filed an amended complaint pursuant to Rule 15(a)(1)(B) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. ECF No. 29. “Since the original complaint has been superseded by the amended complaint, the motion to dismiss the original complaint has been rendered moot.” Gonzalez v. Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis, Inc., 493 F. Supp. 499, 501 (S.D.N.Y. 1980); see Weinreb v. Xerox Bus. Servs., LLC Health & Welfare Plan, 323 F. Supp. 3d 501, 508 n.6 (S.D.N_Y. 2018) (“[C]ourts in this circuit routinely deny . . . motions as moot . . . when the motion was based on a complaint that has been rendered legally inoperative.” (internal quotation marks and citations omitted)), appeal filed, No. 18-2809 (2d Cir. Sept. 21, 2018); Verzani v. Costco Wholesale Corp., 641 F. Supp. 2d 291, 297 (S.D.N.Y. 2009) (“[D]efendant’s motion to dismiss, which was directed to the original complaint, was mooted by the filing of the amended complaint.”). Accordingly, Defendant’s motion to dismiss the original complaint is DENIED as moot. The Clerk of Court is directed to terminate the motion at ECF No. 27. SO ORDERED. Dated: March 16, 2020 New York, New York

ANALISA TORRES United States District Judge