WILLIAMS v. WARD ( 2023 )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GEORGIA MACON DIVISION MARY ANN WILLIAMS, : : Plaintiff, : : v. : : No. 5:22-CV-242 (CAR) COMMISSIONER TIMOTHY C. : WARD, et al., : : Defendants. : ___________________________________ : ORDER ON CONSENT MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME Before the Court is Defendants’ Consent Motion for Extension of Time [Doc. 23]. Defendants seek a two-week extension through May 11, 2023, to answer or otherwise file a responsive pleading to Plaintiff Mary Ann Williams’ Amended Complaint. Defendants’ Consent Motion is GRANTED. Defendants shall have up to and including May 11, 2023, to file their answer or responsive pleading. Because Plaintiff’s Amended Complaint supersedes her original Complaint,1 Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss [Doc. 17] and Motion to Stay Discovery [Doc. 18] are MOOT. SO ORDERED, this 28th day of April, 2023. s/ C. Ashley Royal C. ASHLEY ROYAL, SENIOR JUDGE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 1 See Lowery v. Ala. Power Co., 483 F.3d 1184, 1219-20 (11th Cir. 2007) (unless an amendment specifically refers to or adopts the earlier pleading, an amended complaint supersedes and replaces the original complaint).