SUSAN O. HICKEY, Chief District Judge.
Before the Court is Defendant State Farm Insurance Co.'s Motion to Dismiss. (ECF No. 23). Plaintiffs Phillip and Teresa Wernette have responded. (ECF No. 29).
Also before the Court is Defendants Jackson Adjustment Company, Inc. and Benjamin Andrade's Motion to Dismiss. (ECF No. 25). Plaintiffs have responded. (ECF No. 28). The Court finds the two matters ripe for consideration.
On October 7, 2019, Defendant State Farm Insurance Co. moved for dismissal pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). On October 9, 2019, Defendants Jackson Adjustment Company, Inc. and Benjamin Andrade moved for dismissal pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6). On October 17, 2019, Plaintiffs filed an amended complaint.
It is well established that the filing of amended complaint supersedes the original complaint, thereby rendering it inoperative and without legal effect. See In re Atlas Van Lines, Inc., 209 F.3d 1064, 1067 (8th Cir. 2000). Accordingly, after a complaint is amended, motions directed at the original complaint should be denied as moot, without prejudice to their refiling as to the amended complaint. Pure Country, Inc. v. Sigma Chi Fraternity, 312 F.3d 952, 956 (8th Cir. 2002).
Plaintiff's original complaint (ECF No. 1) is now inoperative and superseded by the amended complaint. Accordingly, the Court finds that the pending motions to dismiss (ECF Nos. 23, 25), which are directed at the original complaint, are moot and are hereby