The following excerpt is from Taylor v. Arnold, No. 2:17-cv-2014 KJM CKD P (E.D. Cal. 2018):
At this point, plaintiff has two options: 1) he may proceed on the Eighth Amendment claim described above; or 2) attempt to cure the deficiencies with respect to some or all of his other claims in a second amended complaint. If plaintiff elects to amend, plaintiff is informed that the second amended complaint cannot exceed 20 pages and cannot refer to a prior pleading in order to make the second 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). Once plaintiff files an amended complaint, the original pleading no longer serves any function in the case. Therefore, in an amended complaint, as in an original complaint, each claim and the involvement of each defendant must be sufficiently alleged.
As to the contents of his second amended complaint, plaintiff is informed:
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