Valdez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 STEPHEN CHARLES VALDEZ, Case No. 24-cv-01087-TSH Plaintiff,

ORDER FINDING AS MOOT MOTION

v. TO DISMISS NADERI SALAR, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 22 Defendants. 11 Pending before the Court is the motion to dismiss filed by Defendants Salar Naderi and Marc Jimenez, filed on May 1, 2024. ECF No. 22. However, on May 30, 2024, Plaintiff Stephen || Charles Valdez filed an amended complaint. ECF No. 29. Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(a)(1), a party “may amend its pleading once as a matter of course” within 21 days after that a 16 || pleading is served, or within 21 days after service of a responsive pleading or motion under Rule 12.' “{T]he general rule is that an amended complaint supercedes the original complaint and || renders it without legal effect.” Lacey v. Maricopa County, 693 F.3d 896, 927 (9th Cir. 2012) (en || banc). Thus, as there has been no previous…