Can an amended complaint supersede the original pleading?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Bahena v. Rohrdanz, Case No. 1:20-cv-00618-SKO (PC) (E.D. Cal. 2020):
Plaintiff is informed that an amended complaint supersedes the original complaint. Lacey v. Maricopa Cty., 693 F.3d 896, 927 (9th Cir. 2012). Thus, the amended complaint must be "complete in itself without reference to the prior or superseded pleading." Local Rule 220. The
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