Taylor v. Wash. Dep't of Juvenile Youth & Family Servs.

Full title: STEPHANIE TAYLOR, et al., Plaintiffs, v. THE STATE OF WASHINGTON…

Court: UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA

Date published: Apr 9, 2020

CASE NO. 2:19-cv-01869-RAJ-JRC (W.D. Wash. Apr. 9, 2020)

Opinion

CASE NO. 2:19-cv-01869-RAJ-JRC

04-09-2020

STEPHANIE TAYLOR, et al., Plaintiffs, v. THE STATE OF WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES - FAR AND CPS DEPARTMENT, et al., Defendants.

J. Richard Creatura United States Magistrate Judge

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR A MORE DEFINITE STATEMENT

This 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights matter has been referred to the undersigned Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 636 (b)(1)(A) and (B) and MJR 1, 3, and 4. Before the Court is certain defendants' motion for a more definite statement. See Dkt. 19.

After plaintiff filed her initial complaint in this matter, she filed an amended complaint as a matter of course. See Dkt. 27; Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(1)(B). Defendants' motion for a more definite statement is directed the original complaint and is therefore moot. See Dkt. 19; Rhodes v. Robinson, 621 F.3d 1002, 1005 (9th Cir. 2010).

Accordingly, the motion for a more definite statement is denied. See Dkt. 19.

Dated this 9th day of April, 2020.

/s/_________

J. Richard Creatura

United States Magistrate Judge