(PS) Jones v. Liberty Mutual

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA DYLAN LLOYD JONES, No. 2:19-cv—2049-MCE-KJN (PS) No. 2:19-cv-2050-MCE-KIN (PS) Wl Plaintiff, No. 2:19-cv—205 1-MCE-KJN (PS) v. ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS TO STRIKE AS MOOT LIBERTY MUTUAL, et al., (ECF Nos. 4 in each action) Defendants. 14 Plaintiff filed three actions in state court against Defendants, who removed to this court on 16 October 11,2019. (See ECF No. 1.) On October 17, Defendants filed motions to strike. (See 4.) Twelve days later, Plaintiff filed a First Amended Complaint. (ECF Nos. 7, 12, 13.) Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(a) allows for a complaint to be amended “once as a matter of 19 course within... 21 days after service of a motion under Rule 12(b) ....”). This amendment as a matter of course renders an original complaint null. Rhodes v. Robinson,…