The following excerpt is from Gardner v. Brown, No. 2:18-cv-0741 MCE DB P (E.D. Cal. 2019):
519, 520 (1972), conclusory and vague allegations will not support a cause of action. Ivey v. Board of Regents of the Univ. of Alaska, 673 F.2d 266, 268 (9th Cir. 1982). Even a liberal interpretation of a civil rights complaint may not support essential elements of the claim that were not initially pled. Id.
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