JAYTRAC LIMITED
v.
SUPPLY PARTS & TRACTOR INC. AND ZENON PARRA
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The court held that a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim under Rule 12(b)(6) is improper if filed after the defendant has already answered the complaint.
“Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b) states that a motion for failure to state a claim pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) 'must be made before pleading if a responsive pleading is allowed.'”
Court explaining the procedural requirement that was violated
Defendant Zenon Parra answered the plaintiff's complaint and subsequently filed a motion to dismiss the same counts he had already answered. The court…
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THIS CAUSE came before the Court upon Defendant Zenon Parra's Motion to Dismiss (D.E. 8), filed on November 17, 2025.
THE COURT has considered the motion, the response in opposition, pertinent portions of the record, and is otherwise fully advised in the premises.
Defendants filed an Answer to the Complaint on November 12, 2025. Therein, Defendant Parra answered as to the two counts brought against him. Five days later, Defendant Parra brought the instant motion seeking to dismiss those same two counts.
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure [fn 1] 12(b) states that a motion for failure to state a claim pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) "must be made before pleading if a responsive pleading is allowed." Defendant Parra's Motion to Dismiss is thus improper as he moved to dismiss after answering the Complaint. It is therefore
ADJUDGED that the Motion is DENIED with leave to properly refile under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure as a Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings or a Motion for Summary Judgment.
DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers at Miami, Florida, this 8th of January 2026.
FEDERICO A. MORENO UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Copies furnished to: Counsel of Record
[fn 1]: Defendant Parra's Motion to Dismiss references the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure rather than the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The Court reminds all parties that under the doctrine of Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64, federal courts sitting in diversity apply state substantive law and federal procedural law.