First National Title Insurance Company v. Washburn

W.D. North Carolina

First National Title Insurance Company v. Washburn

CourtDistrict Court, W.D. North Carolina

DecidedApril 10, 2023

Docket1:23-cv-00029

StatusUnknown

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA ASHEVILLE DIVISION 1:23-cv-00029-MR-WCM

FIRST NATIONAL TITLE ) INSURANCE COMPANY, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) ORDER v. ) ) BUCCANEER TITLE, LLC, ) ) Defendant. ) _______________________________ )

This matter is before the Court on Defendant Buccaneer Title, LLC’s Partial Motion to Dismiss (the “Motion,” Doc. 9), which was filed on March 23, 2023. Plaintiff filed an Amended Complaint on April 6, 2023. Doc. 12. See also F.R.C.P. 15(a)(1)(B). “The general rule ... is that an amended pleading supersedes the original pleading, rendering the original pleading of no effect.” Young v. City of Mount Ranier, 238 F.3d 567, 573 (4th Cir. 2001); see also Fawzy v. Wauquiez Boats SNC, 873 F.3d 451, 455 (4th Cir. 2017) (“Because a properly filed amended complaint supersedes the original one and becomes the operative complaint in the case, it renders the original complaint ‘of no effect.’”); Colin v. Marconi Commerce Systems Employees’ Retirement Plan, 335 F.Supp.2d 590, 614 (M.D.N.C. 2004) (“Earlier motions made by Defendants were filed prior to and have been rendered moot by Plaintiffs’ filing of the Second Amended Complaint”); Ledford v. Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, No. 1:20-CV-005- MR-DCK, 2020 WL 1042235 at 1 (W.D.N.C. March 3, 2020) (“It is well settled that a timely-filed amended pleading supersedes the original pleading, and that motions directed at superseded pleadings may be denied as moot”). IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Defendant’s Partial Motion to Dismiss (Doc. 9) is DENIED AS MOOT. This denial is without prejudice to the filing of any motions challenging the Amended Complaint, if appropriate.

April 10, 2023

W. Carleton Metcalf py United States Magistrate Judge + AM J

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA ASHEVILLE DIVISION 1:23-cv-00029-MR-WCM

FIRST NATIONAL TITLE ) INSURANCE COMPANY, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) ORDER v. ) ) BUCCANEER TITLE, LLC, ) ) Defendant. ) _______________________________ )

This matter is before the Court on Defendant Buccaneer Title, LLC’s Partial Motion to Dismiss (the “Motion,” Doc. 9), which was filed on March 23, 2023. Plaintiff filed an Amended Complaint on April 6, 2023. Doc. 12. See also F.R.C.P. 15(a)(1)(B). “The general rule ... is that an amended pleading supersedes the original pleading, rendering the original pleading of no effect.” Young v. City of Mount Ranier, 238 F.3d 567, 573 (4th Cir. 2001); see also Fawzy v. Wauquiez Boats SNC, 873 F.3d 451, 455 (4th Cir. 2017) (“Because a properly filed amended complaint supersedes the original one and becomes the operative complaint in the case, it renders the original complaint ‘of no effect.’”); Colin v. Marconi Commerce Systems Employees’ Retirement Plan, 335 F.Supp.2d 590, 614 (M.D.N.C. 2004) (“Earlier motions made by Defendants were filed prior to and have been rendered moot by Plaintiffs’ filing of the Second Amended Complaint”); Ledford v. Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, No. 1:20-CV-005- MR-DCK, 2020 WL 1042235 at 1 (W.D.N.C. March 3, 2020) (“It is well settled that a timely-filed amended pleading supersedes the original pleading, and that motions directed at superseded pleadings may be denied as moot”). IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Defendant’s Partial Motion to Dismiss (Doc. 9) is DENIED AS MOOT. This denial is without prejudice to the filing of any motions challenging the Amended Complaint, if appropriate.

April 10, 2023

W. Carleton Metcalf py United States Magistrate Judge + AM J

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