Taylor v. The State of Washington Department of Juvenile Youth and Family Services - FAR and CPS Department

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 10 STEPHANIE TAYLOR, et al., CASE NO. 2:19-cv-01869-RAJ-JRC 11 Plaintiffs, ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR 12 v. A MORE DEFINITE STATEMENT 13 THE STATE OF WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE YOUTH 14 AND FAMILY SERVICES - FAR AND CPS DEPARTMENT, et al., Defendants.

17 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.

20 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).

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

3 Dated this 9th day of April, 2020.

A J. Richard Creatura United States Magistrate Judge