Latney v. Ruggiero et al

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ORDER. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff shall have until 11/14/18 to file an amended complaint correcting the deficiencies noted in the Court's Order issued on 7/2/18. Signed by Magistrate Judge George Foley, Jr on 10/15/2018. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - ADR)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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TONYA LATNEY,

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Plaintiff,
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ORDER

KARLA RUGGIERO, et al.,
Defendants.

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Case No. 2:17-cv-01748-JAD-GWF

This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff’s Motion to Extend Time to File Amended
Complaint (ECF No. 7), filed on October 10, 2018.

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Plaintiff is proceeding in this action pro se and she submitted a complaint on June 26, 2017.

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See Complaint (ECF No. 1-1). The Court issued a Screening Order (ECF No. 2) granting

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Plaintiff’s request to proceed in forma pauperis and screened the complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C.

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§ 1915(e). The undersigned found that Plaintiff’s complaint failed to state a valid Title VII and

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breach of contract claim against Defendant Valley Health System Summerlin Hospital and allowed

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her until July 30, 2018, to file an amended complaint correcting the noted deficiencies. On August

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22, 2018, the Court issued an Order to Show Cause instructing Plaintiff to show cause why this

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matter should not be dismissed for failure to file an amended complaint. Plaintiff represented that

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she misunderstood a previous order and believed that her case was dismissed. The Court provided

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Plaintiff another opportunity to file an amended complaint and instructed her to file her amended

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complaint no later than October 5, 2018. Plaintiff now represents that she is having a difficult time

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trying to understand legal terminology and requests an extension to file her amended complaint.

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The Court grants Plaintiff a 30 day extension to file her amended complaint. Plaintiff shall file

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her amended complaint no later than November 14, 2018.

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As Plaintiff elects to proceed in this action by filing an amended complaint, she is informed

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that the court cannot refer to a prior pleading in order to make her amended complaint complete.

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Local Rule 15–1 requires that an amended complaint be complete in itself without reference to any

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prior pleading. This is because, as a general rule, an amended complaint supersedes the original

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complaint. See Valdez-Lopez v. Chertoff, 656 F.3d 851, 857 (9th Cir. 2011); see Loux v. Rhay,

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375 F.2d 55, 57 (9th Cir.1967). Once Plaintiff files an amended complaint, the original pleading

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no longer serves any function in the case. Therefore, in an amended complaint, as in an original

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complaint, each claim and the involvement of each defendant must be sufficiently alleged.

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Plaintiff is advised that litigation will not commence upon the filing of an amended complaint.

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Rather, the Court will need to conduct an additional screening of the amended complaint pursuant

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to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e).

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deficiencies identified above, the Court will recommend that the complaint be dismissed with

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prejudice. Accordingly,

If Plaintiff fails to file an amended complaint or fails to cure the

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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff shall have until November 14, 2018 to file an

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amended complaint correcting the deficiencies noted in the Court’s Order issued on July 2, 2018.

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Dated this 15th day of October, 2018.

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GEORGE FOLEY, JR.
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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