What is the plausibility standard for determining whether a defendant has committed a criminal offence?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Jafari v. Fed. Deposit Ins. Corp., CASE NO. 12cv2982-LAB (RBB) (S.D. Cal. 2014):
alleged." Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 678 (2009). "The plausibility standard is not akin to a 'probability requirement,' but it asks for more than a sheer possibility that a defendant has acted unlawfully." Id.
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