Curtis v. Caine & Weiner Company, Inc.
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MEMORANDUM AND ORDER (See Full Order) IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff's Motion to Stay Defendant's Motion to Dismiss [ECF # 15 ] is DENIED to the extent it requests that I stay my ruling on defendant's motion to dismiss the amend ed complaint. To the extent plaintiff requests additional time to respond to the motion to dismiss, the request is GRANTED. Plaintiff shall have to and including January 8, 2016, by which to respond to defendants Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs First A mended Complaint for Failure to State a Claim Upon Which Relief Can be Granted. Given that plaintiff's First Amended Complaint is now the effective pleading before the Court, IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that defendant's Motion to Dismiss Plaint iff's Petition for Failure to State a Claim Upon Which Relief Can be Granted [ECF # 8 ], which is directed to plaintiff's original pleading in this cause, is DENIED AS MOOT. See Cartier v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., 547 Fed. Appx. 800, 803 (8th Cir. 2013) (an amended complaint supersedes an original complaint and renders theoriginal complaint without legal effect). Signed by District Judge Catherine D. Perry on 1/6/16. (EAB)
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI
EASTERN DIVISION
PAULETTE CURTIS,
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Plaintiff,
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v.
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CAINE & WEINER COMPANY, INC., )
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Defendant.
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No. 4:15CV1721 CDP
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
Plaintiff Paulette Curtis brings this action alleging that defendant Caine &
Weiner Company, Inc.’s efforts to collect on a debt violated various provisions of
the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1692, et seq. Upon removal
of the action to this Court from the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, Missouri,
defendant sought to dismiss plaintiff’s complaint under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) for
failure to state a claim. Plaintiff thereafter amended her complaint, after which
defendant again filed a motion to dismiss under Rule 12(b)(6) seeking to dismiss the
amended complaint in its entirety. Plaintiff now requests that I stay my ruling on
defendant’s most recent motion and convert it to one for summary judgment or, in
the alternative, grant her additional time to respond to the motion to dismiss.
Defendant consents to plaintiff’s request for additional time to respond, but opposes
the motion to stay.
Upon consideration of the matter,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff’s Motion to Stay Defendant’s
Motion to Dismiss [ECF #15] is DENIED to the extent it requests that I stay my
ruling on defendant’s motion to dismiss the amended complaint. To the extent
plaintiff requests additional time to respond to the motion to dismiss, the request is
GRANTED. Plaintiff shall have to and including January 8, 2016, by which to
respond to defendant’s Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint for
Failure to State a Claim Upon Which Relief Can be Granted.
Given that plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint is now the effective pleading
before the Court,
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that defendant’s Motion to Dismiss
Plaintiff’s Petition for Failure to State a Claim Upon Which Relief Can be Granted
[ECF #8], which is directed to plaintiff’s original pleading in this cause, is DENIED
AS MOOT. See Cartier v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., 547 Fed. Appx. 800, 803 (8th
Cir. 2013) (an amended complaint supersedes an original complaint and renders the
original complaint without legal effect).
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CATHERINE D. PERRY
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Dated this 6th day of January, 2016.
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