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base claims of fraud on speculation and conclusory allegations. An ample factual basis must be supplied to support the charges. 4 EFTA00307101 Wood v. Research Applied Associates, 328 Fed.Appx. 744, 747 (2d Cir. 2009); O'Brien v. Nat'l Prop. Analysts Partners, 936 F.2d 674, 676 (2d Cir.1991). Plaintiff's allegations of fraud
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:
ken for license to base claims of fraud on speculation and conclusory allegations. An ample factual basis must be supplied to support the charges. Wood v. Research Applied Associates, 328 Fed.Appx. 744, 747 (2d Cir. 2009); O'Brien v. Nat'l Prop. Analysts Partners, 936 F.2d 674, 676 (2d Cir.1991). Plaintiff's allegations of fraud
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
ken for license to base claims of fraud on speculation and conclusory allegations. An ample factual basis must be supplied to support the charges. Wood v. Research Applied Associates, 328 Fed.Appx. 744, 747 (2d Cir. 2009); O'Brien v. Nat'l Prop. Analysts Partners, 936 F.2d 674, 676 (2d Cir.1991). Plaintiff's allegations of fraud
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
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Ghislaine Maxwell
PERSONTwombly
PERSONSecond Circuit
ORGANIZATIONBell Atlantic Corp.
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LOCATIONO'Brien
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