The following excerpt is from White v. Cnty. of Sacramento, No. 2:14-cv-1293 DAD P (E.D. Cal. 2014):
Plaintiff is further advised that the court cannot refer to prior pleadings in order to make his amended complaint complete. Local Rule 220 requires that an amended complaint be complete in itself without reference to any prior pleading. This is because, as a general rule, an amended complaint supersedes the original complaint. See Loux v. Rhay, 375 F.2d 55, 57 (9th Cir. 1967). Once plaintiff files an amended complaint, the prior pleading no longer serves any function in the case. Therefore, in an amended complaint, as in an original complaint, each claim and the involvement of each defendant must be sufficiently alleged.
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