Zahran v. Bank of America N.A.

Filing 24

ORDER granting 18 Motion to Amend Complaint; Plaintiff shall file her Amended Complaint within five days of this Order; and administratively denying as moot without prejudice 9 Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim and 11 Motion to Strike. Signed by Magistrate Judge David S. Cayer on 1/8/21. (mek)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
CHARLOTTE DIVISION
CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:20-CV-00427-MOC-DSC
GINA ZAHRAN,
Plaintiff,
v.
BANK OF AMERICA N.A.,
Defendant.

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ORDER

THIS MATTER is before the Court on “Plaintiff’s Motion to Amend Complaint”
(document #18), as well as the parties’ briefs and exhibits. Defendant has also filed a “Motion to
Dismiss” and “Motion to Strike” (documents ##9 and 11).
Rule 15 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure governs amendments to pleadings. Rule
15(a)(1) grants a party the right to “amend its pleading once as a matter of course,” if done within
twenty-one days after serving the pleading, Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(1)(A), or “if the pleading is one
to which a responsive pleading is required,” a party may amend once as a matter of course,
provided that it does so within “21 days after service of a responsive pleading or 21 days after
service of a motion under Rule 12(b), (e), or (f), whichever is earlier.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(1)(B).
The Rule further provides that leave to amend shall be freely given “when justice so requires.” Id.
For the reasons stated therein, the Court grants Plaintiff’s Motion to Amend Complaint.
It is well settled that an amended pleading supersedes the original pleading and that
motions directed at superseded pleadings are to be denied as moot. Young v. City of Mount Ranier,
238 F. 3d 567, 573 (4th Cir. 2001) (amended pleading renders original pleading of no effect);

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Turner v. Kight, 192 F. Supp. 2d 391, 397 (D. Md. 2002) (denying as moot motion to dismiss
original complaint on grounds that amended complaint superseded original complaint).
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that:
1.

“Plaintiff’s Motion to Amend Complaint” (document #18) is GRANTED. Plaintiff

shall file her Amended Complaint within five days of this Order.
2.

Defendant’s “Motion to Dismiss” and “Motion to Strike” (documents ##9 and 11)

are administratively DENIED as moot without prejudice.
3.

The Clerk is directed to send copies of this Order to counsel for the parties and to

the Honorable Max O. Cogburn, Jr..
SO ORDERED.

Signed: January 8, 2021

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