Sixth Circuit· 9/1/2016

David Gavitt v. Bruce Born

Citations

835 F.3d 623
2016 FED App. 0216P
2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 16181

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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

holding that an appellate court cannot “reweigh the equities or reassess the facts” when reviewing for an abuse of discretion
explaining that courts may consider documents attached to a complaint when determining whether a plaintiff states a plausible claim for relief
stating that the facial sufficiency of the complaint must generally be made “without resort to matters outside the pleadings”
noting that a court may consider a complaint’s attachments on a motion to dismiss
explaining that we ordinarily assess the factual sufficiency of a complaint without looking outside the pleadings, but if we do look outside them, we treat a motion to dismiss as one for summary judgment
explaining that a court “may consider exhibits attached to the complaint”

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Judges: Clay, Rogers, McKeague

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