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If a case cannot be removed immediately but becomes removable later, the defendant has 30 days from the receipt of the amended complaint or pleading that makes the case removable.
In most circuits, including the 3rd, 6th and 8th Circuits, an amended complaint automatically moots a pending motion to dismiss and creates a duty to respond to the amended complaint. Other circuits, however, recognize exceptions to the majority rule.
As with all motions, a motion to strike must state with particularity the grounds for seeking the order to strike, as well as the relief sought. FRCP 7(b); Smart Code®. Under FRCP 12(f), the court may strike from a pleading an insufficient defense or any redundant, immaterial, impertinent, or scandalous matter.
You might just call the other side and tell them that an amended complaint will be filed, making the demurrer moot. Or just file it before the hearing.
(a) Amendments. A party may amend the party's own pleadings once as a matter of course at any time before a response is served or, if the response is one to which no further pleading is permitted and the action has not been scheduled for trial, the party may so amend it at any time within 20 days after it is served.
A “motion to dismiss” is typically filed in response to a complaint and is made in lieu of filing an “answer.” Technically, a plaintiff can move to “strike” a defense that a defendant has pled, given that defenses are subject to the same pleading requirements as are the plaintiff's claims.
If a motion to dismiss attacks the original complaint for deficiencies that persist in the amended complaint, the court may choose to apply the original motion to dismiss to the amended complaint, rather than deny the motion as moot and require that the defendant file a new motion to dismiss duplicative allegations ...
(f) Motion to Strike. A party may move to strike or the court may strike redundant, immaterial, impertinent, or scandalous matter from any pleading at any time.
A motion to strike is a request to a judge that part of a party's pleading or a piece of evidence be removed from the record. During the pleading stage, this can be accomplished by a tool such as Rule 12(f) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or a state equivalent.
If a motion to strike a complaint or cross-complaint, or portion thereof, is denied, the court shall allow the party filing the motion to strike to file an answer.