CASEY FAITH WILLIAMS
v.
SHERIFF BRAD WHITEHEAD, ET AL.

M.D. Fla. | 2025-10-21
No. 3:25-cv-904
District Court, M.D. Florida (2025) Caution

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Synopsis

This is a brief order from the District Court of the Middle District of Florida denying plaintiff Casey Faith Williams's motions for emergency relief as moot. The motions became moot when plaintiff filed an amended complaint, which superseded all previous pleadings and pending motions in the case.


Holding

The court held that the pending motions for temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction, and expedited ruling were moot because the filing of an amended complaint supersedes previously filed complaints and renders pending motions addressing the original complaint moot.


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“An amended complaint supersedes a previously filed complaint”

Establishes the legal principle that filing an amended complaint renders the original complaint no longer operative

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Facts & Procedural History

Plaintiff Casey Faith Williams filed an Amended Complaint for Violation of Civil Rights on October 14, 2025. Prior to filing the amended complaint, pl…

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Opinion of the Court

THIS CAUSE is before the Court sua sponte. On October 14, 2025, Plaintiff filed an Amended Complaint for Violation of Civil Rights (Dkt. No. 11) which rendered moot her previous pleadings and motions. See Malowney v. Federal Collection Deposit Group, 193 F. 3d 1342, 1345 n.1 (11th Cir. 1999) (noting that “[a]n amended complaint supersedes a previously filed complaint”); Meterlogic, Inc. v. Copier Solutions, Inc., 185 F. Supp. 2d 1292, 1297 (S.D. Fla. 2002) (noting that the plaintiff’s filing of an amended complaint “rendered moot the parties’ previous pleadings and the defendants’ summary judgment and Daubert motions”). In light of the foregoing, it is ORDERED: Plaintiffs Emergency Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction (Doc. 3), Plaintiffs Emergency Motion for Temporary Restraining Order, Preliminary Injunction, and Motion to Rule Expediently and Expedite Screening (Doc. 7), and Plaintiffs Motion to Expedite Ruling on Emergency Temporary Restraining Order and Request for Ex Parte Consideration (Doc. 10) are DENIED as moot. DONE AND ORDERED in Jacksonville, Florida, this 20th day of October, 2025.

MARCIA MORALES HOWARD

United States District Judge

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