Union Pacific Railroad Company v. Danner

Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CASE NO. 3:22-cv-05544-TL COMPANY, ORDER STRIKING MOTION TO Plaintiff(s), v. DISMISS AS MOOT DAVID W DANNER, in his official capacity as Chair of the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission, et al., Defendant(s).

This matter is before the Court on Defendants’ first Motion to Dismiss. Dkt. No. 13 Plaintiff filed an Amended Complaint (Dkt. No. 14) prior to its response deadline for the motion and within the time allowed for amendment as a matter of course. Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(1)(B); LCR 7(d)(3). Plaintiff also filed a response to the motion to dismiss noting that its filing of an Amended Complaint renders Defendants’ motion moot. Dkt. No. 15. When a Plaintiff amends a complaint, it supersedes and completely replaces the original complaint. See Hal Roach Studios v. Richard Feiner & Co., 896 F.2d 1542, 1546 (9th Cir.1990) ("an amended pleading supersedes the original"); Loux v. Rhay, 375 F.2d 55, 57 (9th Cir.1967) (same). Defendants did not object to Plaintiff’s attempt to amend as a matter of course and have responded by filing a new Rule 12 motion to dismiss the Amended Complaint. See Dkt. No. 18. Consequently, the Court ORDERS that Defendants’ motion to dismiss the original

complaint (Dkt. No. 13) is moot and STRIKES the motion from the Court’s hearing calendar. Dated this 26th day of October 2022. A Tana Lin United States District Judge