Ningbo Relynda Import & Export, Co., LTD v. Lynn Brands LLC ( 2020 )

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DOCUMENT . SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ELECTRONICALLY FILED . NINGBO RELYNDA IMPORT & EXPORT, . DATE FILED: 12/29/2070 □□ CO., LTD, : Plaintiff, 20-CV-7987 (VSB) -against- ORDER LYNN BRANDS LLC, et al., Defendant. VERNON S. BRODERICK, United States District Judge: On 28, Plaintiff filed an amended complaint pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(a)(1)(B). “[W]hen a plaintiff properly amends [a] complaint after a defendant has filed a motion to dismiss that is still pending, the district court has the option of either denying the pending motion as moot or evaluating the motion in light of the facts alleged in the amended complaint.” Pettaway v. Nat’l Recovery Sols., LLC, 955 F.3d 299, 303-04 (2d Cir. 2020). Accordingly, it is hereby: ORDERED that Defendants shall file a letter within seven (7) days deciding whether their motion to dismiss should be deemed moot without prejudice to refile a new motion to dismiss in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(a)(3), or if I should evaluate Defendants’ current motion to dismiss in light of the facts alleged in the amended complaint. SO ORDERED. Dated: December 29, 2020 ff New York, New York i f Vernon S. Broderick United States District Judge