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iff's Section 1595 is that she was being fraudulent induced to engaged in commercial sex, the heightened pleading standard of Rule 9(b) applies. As the Second Circuit explained this standard: Rule 9(b) requires that, in alleging fraud or mistake, a party must state with particularity the circumstances constitutin

re relaxed pleading standards set forth by the United States Supreme Court in Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 127 S.Ct. 1955 (2007) and Ashcroft v. Igbal, 129 S.Ct. 1937 (2009). These two decisions set forth the basic requirements for pleading a claim. As explained and applied by the Second Circuit:

Corp., 711 F.3d 353, 359 (2d Cir. 2013) (Rule 9(b) "standard also applies to allegations of fraudulent predicate acts supporting a RICO claim"). As the Second Circuit explained: Rule 9(b) requires that, in alleging fraud or mistake, a party must state with particularity the circumstances constituting fraud or mis

fendant's liability, it stops short of the line between possibility and plausibility of entitlement to relief. Wood, 328 Fed.Appx. at 747 (quoting Igbal, 129 S.Ct. at 1949). Here, at best, the Complaint merely parrots the statutory elements of a Section 1595 claim regarding fraud and coercion withou

Corp., 711 F.3d 353, 359 (2d Cir. 2013) (Rule 9(b) "standard also applies to allegations of fraudulent predicate acts supporting a RICO claim"). As the Second Circuit explained: Rule 9(b) requires that, in alleging fraud or mistake, a party must state with particularity the circumstances constituting fraud or mis

fendant's liability, it stops short of the line between possibility and plausibility of entitlement to relief. Wood, 328 Fed.Appx. at 747 (quoting Igbal, 129 S.Ct. at 1949). Here, the Complaint merely parrots the statutory elements of a Section 1595 claim regarding fraud and coercion. As described i