Bonded Apparel, Inc. et al v. R2D Apparel, Inc. et al

Filing 59

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFFS MOTION TO DISMISS COUNTERCLAIMS AS MOOT 55 by Judge Otis D. Wright, II: Plaintiffs Motion to Dismiss is DENIED as moot, and without prejudice to refiling in response to Defendants First Amended Counterclaims. (lc). Modified on 11/10/2015 (lc).

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United States District Court
Central District of California

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BONDED APPAREL, INC.,

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Case No. 2:15-cv-04406-ODW (JEM)

Plaintiff,
v.
R2D APPAREL, INC.; RABIN
ARREHBORI; MRR2, INC.; REYMOND
ARREHBORI; ROSS STORES, INC.
d/b/a ROSS DRESS FOR LESS;
BURLINGTON STORES, INC. d/b/a
BURLINGTON COAT FACTORY; THE
TJX COMPANIES, INC. d/b/a T.J.
MAXX d/b/a MARSHALLS; DOES 1
through 110, inclusive; M.R.R. FABRIC,
INC.,

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S
MOTION TO DISMISS
COUNTERCLAIMS AS MOOT [55]

Defendants.

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On October 19, 2015, Plaintiff Bonded Apparel, Inc. moved to dismiss

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Defendants MRR Fabric, Inc.’s counterclaims. (ECF No. 55.) On November 9, 2015,

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Defendant filed a timely First Amended Counterclaim. Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(1); see

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also Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a) advisory committee’s notes (“Rule 15 [i]s the sole rule

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governing amendment of a pleading to add a counterclaim.”). Because a motion to

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dismiss is moot once the pleading it attacks is superseded, Bauer Bros. LLC v. Nike,

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Inc., No. 09CV500-WQH-BGS, 2010 WL 4569893, at *2 (S.D. Cal. Nov. 5, 2010),

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Plaintiff’s Motion to Dismiss is DENIED as moot, and without prejudice to refiling in

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response to Defendant’s First Amended Counterclaims. (ECF No. 55.)

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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November 10, 2015

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OTIS D. WRIGHT, II
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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