Ario Minerals LLC et al v. Diversified Production LLC et al, No. 1:2023cv00522 - Document 31 (S.D.W. Va. 2023)

Court Description: MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER The court DENIES as moot the 7 MOTION by Diversified Production LLC, Diversified Gas & Oil Corporation and Diversified Energy Company PLC to Dismiss Plaintiffs' Complaint. Defendants' 24 MOTION to Dismiss th e Amended Complaint remains pending. The court GRANTS the parties' 29 JOINT MOTION for Stay. The parties are DIRECTED to file a joint status report no later than 1/10/2024, to update the court on the parties' settlement efforts. Signed by Senior Judge David A. Faber on 11/14/2023. (cc: counsel of record) (arb)

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Ario Minerals LLC et al v. Diversified Production LLC et al Doc. 31 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA AT BLUEFIELD ARLO MINERALS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. CIVIL ACTION No. 1:23-00522 DIVERSIFIED PRODUCTION LLC, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Pending before the court is defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiffs’ complaint, filed on August 11, 2023. (ECF No. 7). Rather than filing an opposition to the motion to dismiss, plaintiffs filed an amended complaint. “As a general rule, an amended pleading ordinarily supersedes the original and renders it of no legal effect.” 2001). Young v. City of Mt. Ranier, 238 F.3d 567, 572 (4th Cir. “Thus, a defendant’s previous motion to dismiss is rendered moot when a plaintiff files an amended complaint.” Sennott v. Adams, C/A No. 6:13-cv-02813-GRA, 2014 WL 2434745, *3 (D.S.C. May 29, 2014) (declining to consider defendants’ motion to dismiss as applicable to amended complaint “[d]ue to complexity of this case, and because Plaintiff’s amendments seek to remedy the defects raised in Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss”). Accordingly, the motion to dismiss the original complaint is DENIED as moot.* * Defendants’ motion to dismiss the amended complaint, filed on September 15, 2023, remains pending. Dockets.Justia.com Also pending is the parties’ joint motion for a stay. No. 29). (ECF In that motion, the parties requested a stay of proceedings in order to allow them to attempt to resolve the matter without court intervention. For good cause shown, the motion to stay is GRANTED and, on October 10, 2023, the court continued the deadlines in the scheduling order generally in order to accommodate the parties’ settlement endeavors. The parties are hereby DIRECTED to file a joint status report with the court no later than January 10, 2024, to update the court on the parties’ efforts. The Clerk is directed to send copies of this Memorandum Opinion and Order to all counsel of record. IT IS SO ORDERED this 14th day of November, 2023. ENTER: David A. Faber Senior United States District Judge 2

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