Friend v. Financial Recoveries Limited et al

Filing 11

ORDER finding as moot 3 Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim Signed by Honorable William J. Nealon on 4/25/17 (ep)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
RONALD FRIEND,
Plaintiff
v.
FINANCIAL RECOVERIES
LIMITED, ET AL.,
Defendants

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CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:17-CV-0409
(Judge Nealon)

ORDER
AND NOW, THIS 25TH DAY OF APRIL, 2017, upon consideration of
Plaintiff’s amended complaint, (Doc. 5), see FED. R. CIV. P. 15(a)(1)(B), and
Defendant Financial Recoveries Limited’s motion to dismiss Plaintiff’s original
complaint pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6), (Doc. 3), and the
Court finding that an amended complaint renders the original complaint a legal
nullity, see Snyder v. Pascack Valley Hosp., 303 F.3d 271, 276 (3d Cir. 2002)
(“An amended complaint supercedes the original version in providing the
blueprint for the future course of the lawsuit.”); Jackson v. Hoopes Turf Farm,
2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 167733 (M.D. Pa. 2012) (Conner, J.); 6 CHARLES ALAN
WRIGHT ET AL., FEDERAL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE § 1476 (2nd ed. 1990)
(“Once an amended pleading is interposed, the original pleading no longer
performs any function in the case . . . .”), IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT
Defendant Financial Recoveries Limited’s motion to dismiss the original

complaint pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6), (Doc. 3), is
DISMISSED as MOOT without prejudice.

/s/ William J. Nealon
United States District Judge