What is the test for filing a second amended complaint?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Fruits v. Shasta Cnty. Sheriff, No. 2:16-cv-1204 MCE KJN P (E.D. Cal. 2017):

Any second amended complaint must be complete in itself without reference to any prior pleading. Local Rule 15-220; see Loux v. Rhay, 375 F.2d 55, 57 (9th Cir. 1967). Once plaintiff files an amended complaint, the original pleading is superseded.

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