What is the test for filing an amended complaint in a personal injury action?

Plaintiff is reminded that the court cannot refer to a prior pleading in order to make her 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). Accordingly, once plaintiff files an amended complaint, the amended complaint no longer serves any function in the case. Failure to file an amended complaint will result in a recommendation that this action be dismissed.