Loi Nguyen v. Durham School Services, L.P.

Andrew J. Guilford, United States District Judge

In Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly , 550 U.S. 544, 127 S.Ct. 1955, 167 L.Ed.2d 929 (2007), and Ashcroft v. Iqbal , 556 U.S. 662, 129 S.Ct. 1937, 173 L.Ed.2d 868 (2009) (together, "Twiqbal "), the Supreme Court gave the key to unlock access to federal courts by defining the pleading requirements of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8(a). By adding the word "plausibility" to the requirements for stating a claim for relief, the Court retired the more lenient "notice" pleading standard that governed the adequacy of complaints since Conley v. Gibson ,…