The following excerpt is from Mundy v. Linke, No. 2:21-cv-0117 CKD P (E.D. Cal. 2021):
Plaintiff is informed that the court cannot refer to a prior pleading in order to make plaintiff's second amended complaint complete. Local Rule 220 requires that a second 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). Once plaintiff files a second amended complaint, previous pleadings no longer serve any function in the case.
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