Does Rule 8(a) require detailed factual allegations?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Cupp v. Harris, No. 2:16-cv-00523-TLN-KJN (E.D. Cal. 2020):
Nevertheless, a court "need not assume the truth of legal conclusions cast in the form of factual allegations." United States ex rel. Chunie v. Ringrose, 788 F.2d 638, 643 n.2 (9th Cir. 1986). While Rule 8(a) does not require detailed factual allegations, "it demands more than an
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