Is a plaintiff required to file a third amended complaint to make his third pleading complete?

Plaintiff is reminded that the court cannot refer to a prior pleading in order to make his third 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). Failure to file a third amended complaint will result in a recommendation that this action be dismissed.

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