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y rules of civil procedure that have governed litigation in the federal courts for the past seventy years. The Court's forced retirement of Conley v. Gibson's “no set of facts” language does not change the fundamental command of Rule 8 as to what a valid complaint must look like. Indeed, the Court made cl

)(6), a court must accept all factual allegations in a complaint as true and take them in the light most favorable to the plaintiff. See Erickson v. Pardus, 127 S.Ct. 2197, 2200 (2007). To satisfy the pleading requirements of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8, a complaint must contain a short and plain

laim "across the line from conceivable to plausible." Twombly, 550 U.S. at 570 (retiring the "unless it appears beyond doubt" standard of Conley v. Gibson, 355 U.S. 41, 45-46 (1957)). See also Papasan v. Allain, 478 U.S. 265, 286 (1986) (the court accepts as true the plaintiffs factual contentions, not

t 1 EFTA00728574 Case 9:08-cv-80893-KAM Document 125 Entered on FLSD Docket 03/0312010 Page 2 of 10 favorable to the plaintiff. See Erickson v. Pardus, 551 U.S. 89, 94 (2007). To satisfy the pleading requirements of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8, a complaint must contain a short and plain stat

claim "across the line from conceivable to plausible." Twombly 550 U.S. at 570 (retiring the "unless it appears beyond doubt" standard of Conley v. Gibson, 355 U.S. 41, 45-46 (1957)). See also Papasan v. Allain 478 U.S. 265, 286 (1986) (the court accepts as true the plaintiffs factual contentions, not

2686 EFTA01734466 Case 9:08-cv-80893-KAM Document 125 Entered on FLSD Docket 03/03/2010 Page 2 of 10 favorable to the plaintiff. See Erickson v. Pardus, 551 U.S. 89, 94 (2007). To satisfy the pleading requirements of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8, a complaint must contain a short and plain stat

claim "across the line from conceivable to plausible." Twombly 550 U.S. at 570 (retiring the "unless it appears beyond doubt" standard of Conley v. Gibson, 355 U.S. 41, 45-46 (1957)). See also Papasan v. Allain 478 U.S. 265, 286 (1986) (the court accepts as true the plaintiffs factual contentions, not

3294 EFTA02725751 Case 9:08-cv-80893-KAM Document 125 Entered on FLSD Docket 03/03/2010 Page 2 of 10 favorable to the plaintiff. See Erickson v. Pardus, 551 U.S. 89, 94 (2007). To satisfy the pleading requirements of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8, a complaint must contain a short and plain stat