The following excerpt is from Olague v. Cnty. of Sacramento, No. 2:11-cv-331-LKK-EFB PS (E.D. Cal. 2012):
Plaintiff is reminded that the court cannot refer to a prior pleading in order to make her amended complaint complete. Local Rule 220 requires that an amended complaint be complete in itself without reference to any prior pleading. This is because, as a general rule, an amended complaint supersedes the original complaint. See Loux v. Rhay, 375 F.2d 55, 57 (9th Cir. 1967).
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