When a plaintiff files an amended complaint, does the amended complaint supersede the original?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from JL v. Weber, Case No.: 17-cv-0006-CAB (WVG) (S.D. Cal. 2017):
6. See also Rhodes v. Robinson, 621 F.3d 1002, 1005 (9th Cir. 2010) ("As a general rule, when a plaintiff files an amended complaint, the amended complaint supercedes the original, the latter being treated thereafter as non-existent.").
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