Franko v. Lewnowski

Opinion

USDC SDNY UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DOCUMENT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ELECTRONICALLY FILED . a DOC # aw MICHAEL FRANKO, DATE FILED: __-4 Plaintiff, : : 21-CV-6115 (VSB) -against- : : ORDER OSKAR LEWNOWSKI et al., : Defendants. :

wane eK VERNON S. BRODERICK, United States District Judge: On September 21, 2021, Plaintiff filed an amended complaint pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(a)(1)(B). (Doc. 15.) “[W]hen a plaintiff properly amends [a] complaint after a defendant has filed a motion to dismiss that is still pending, the district court has the option of either denying the pending motion as moot or evaluating the motion in light of the facts alleged in the amended complaint.” Pettaway v. Nat’l Recovery Sols., LLC, 955 F.3d 299, 303-04 (2d Cir. 2020). Accordingly, it is hereby: ORDERED that Defendants shall file a letter on or before September 29, 2021 deciding whether their motion to dismiss should be deemed moot without prejudice to refile a new motion to dismiss in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(a)(3), or if I should evaluate Defendants’ current motion to dismiss in light of the facts alleged in the amended complaint. SO ORDERED. Dated: September 22, 2021 hf Ml f New York, New York | nus \ D cher Se Ay 4 Vernon S. Broderick United States District Judge