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595 claim on the Defendants' supposed fraudulent statements and, as a result, the heightened pleading standards set forth in Fed.R.Civ.P 9(b) apply. Cohen v. SAC Trading Corp., 711 F.3d 353, 359 (2d Cir. 2013) (Rule 9(b) "standard also applies to allegations of fraudulent predicate acts supporting a R

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:

5 claims on the Defendants' supposed fraudulent statements and, as a result, the heightened pleading standards set forth in Fed.R.Civ.P 9(b) apply. Cohen v. SAC Trading Corp., 711 F.3d 353, 359 (2d Cir. 2013) (Rule 9(b) "standard also applies to allegations of fraudulent predicate acts supporting a RI

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

5 claims on the Defendants' supposed fraudulent statements and, as a result, the heightened pleading standards set forth in Fed.R.Civ.P 9(b) apply. Cohen v. SAC Trading Corp., 711 F.3d 353, 359 (2d Cir. 2013) (Rule 9(b) "standard also applies to allegations of fraudulent predicate acts supporting a RI

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