Giarratano v. Johnson

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that “Erickson [did not] undermine Twombly’s requirement that a pleading contain more than labels and conclusions” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• concluding Virginia’s FOIA inmate exclusion did not offend equal protection because it furthered the state’s interest in conserving resources and preventing frivolous requests
• finding that liberal construal rules for pro se complaints do not “undermine Twombly’s requirement that a pleading contain more than labels and conclusions.”
• stating that the Court “need not accept the legal conclusions drawn from the facts” or “unwarranted inferences, unreasonable conclusions, or arguments”
• stating that even a pro se litigant must still plead “more than labels and conclusions” to plausibly state a claim upon which relief can be granted
• explaining that when determining whether a pleading adequately alleges a claim, a court need not accept as true a complaint’s legal conclusions, “unwarranted inferences, unreasonable conclusions, or arguments”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).