Petrick v. Stars Bay Area, Inc

Opinion

1 2 3 7 8 KRISTEN PETRICK, et al., Case No. 19-cv-03105-VKD

9 Plaintiffs, ORDER DENYING MOTION TO 10 v. DISMISS AS MOOT

11 STARS BAY AREA, INC, Re: Dkt. No. 17 Defendant. 12

13 14 Before the Court is defendant Stars Bay Area, Inc.’s (“Stars Bay Area”) motion to dismiss 15 plaintiff Kristen Petrick’s complaint pursuant to Rules 9(b) and 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of 16 Civil Procedure. Dkt. No. 17. On December 11, 2020, in lieu of filing an opposition to Stars Bay 17 Area’s motion and before Stars Bay Area filed a responsive pleading to the original complaint, 18 Ms. Petrick filed an amended complaint. Dkt. No. 27. 19 A plaintiff may amend its pleading once as a matter of course within 21 days of service of 20 a motion under Rule 12(b). Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a).1 An amended pleading generally supersedes an 21 original pleading. Hal Roach Studios, Inc. v. Richard Feiner and Co., Inc., 896 F.3d 1542, 1546 22 (9th Cir. 1989). 23 Accordingly, the Court denies Stars Bay Area’s motion to dismiss as moot, and 24 VACATES the hearing scheduled for January 5, 2021. 25 /// 26 /// 27 2 Dated: December 14, 2020 3 . 28 □ 4 VIRGINIA K. DEMARCHI 5 United States Magistrate Judge 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

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