Donald Gene Henthorn v. Department of Navy

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• holding that FLSA may apply where prisoner voluntarily sells labor in exchange for wage paid by alleged employer other than prison itself
• finding that prisoner employed and paid by prison entities is not covered by the FLSA
• noting that, despite the lenient standard applied to pro se pleadings, “the district court ‘need not accept inferences drawn by plaintiffs if such inferences are unsupported by the facts set out in the complaint’”
• noting that “liberal as the[] pleading standards [for pro se plaintiffs] may be,” the Court “need not accept inferences drawn by plaintiffs if such inferences are unsupported by the facts set out in the complaint” (citation omitted)
• discussing the case law that suggests “factual allegations in briefs . . . may never be considered when deciding a 12(b)(6) motion”
• refusing to consider factual allegations made in a brief opposing a motion to dismiss that contradicted the factual allegations made in the complaint

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