Vanlandingham v. Oklahoma City City of et al

Filing 46

ORDER denying 42 Defendant Brandon Lees Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings. Signed by Chief Judge Timothy D. DeGiusti on 11/16/2022. (mb)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
WESTERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA
CHARLES KALEB VANLANDINGHAM,
Administrator for the Estate of Charles
Lamar Vanlandingham,
Plaintiff,
v.
CITY OF OKLAHOMA CITY, et al.,
Defendants.

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Case No. CIV-22-209-D

ORDER
Before the Court is Defendant Brandon Lee’s Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings
[Doc. No. 42] under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(c). The Motion challenges the sufficiency of the
Second Amended Complaint to state a claim against Defendant Lee. After the Motion was
filed, Plaintiff was authorized to further amend his pleading and filed the Third Amended
Complaint [Doc. No. 45]. “[A]n amended pleading supersedes the pleading it modifies.”
Predator Int’l, Inc. v. Gamo Outdoor USA, Inc., 793 F.3d 1177, 1180-81 (10th Cir. 2015)
(quoting Gilles v. United States, 906 F.2d 1386, 1389 (10th Cir. 1990) (en banc)); see Mink
v. Suthers, 482 F.3d 1244, 1254 (10th Cir. 2007) (“amended complaint supercedes an
original complaint and renders the original complaint without legal effect”). Accordingly,
Defendant Lee’s Motion directed at the Second Amended Complaint is moot.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Defendant Brandon Lee’s Motion for
Judgment on the Pleadings [Doc. No. 42] is DENIED without prejudice to a new motion,
if appropriate, in response to the Third Amended Complaint.

IT IS SO ORDERED this 18th day of November, 2022.

TIMOTHY D. DeGIUSTI
Chief United States District Judge