Hare v. Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Filing 12

Memorandum Opinion and Order denying defendant's Motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim as moot (Related Doc # 5 ).Judge Dan A. Polster(C,KA)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO EASTERN DIVISION THERESA M. HARE, Plaintiff, vs. THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No. 1:11-CV-825 Judge Dan Aaron Polster MEMORANDUM OF OPINION AND ORDER On August 26, 2011, Defendant Cleveland Clinic filed a Motion to Dismiss (Doc. # 5) Plaintiff Theresa M. Hare’s complaint. On November 29, 2011, Plaintiff filed, with the Court’s permission, an Amended Complaint (Doc. # 10). An amended complaint supersedes the original complaint and becomes the operative pleading, making a motion to dismiss the original complaint moot. Ky. Press Ass'n v. State, 355 F. Supp. 2d 853, 857 (E.D. Ky. 2005) (citing Parry v. Mohawk Motors of Mich., Inc., 236 F.3d 299, 306 (6th Cir. 2000)). Accordingly, Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss (Doc. # 5) is hereby denied as moot. That being said, since the Court previously ordered that all deadlines be tolled indefinitely, Defendant need not respond to Plaintiff’s amended complaint at this time. IT IS SO ORDERED. /s/ Dan A. Polster 1/20/12 Dan Aaron Polster United States District Judge

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