Sparrow, Victor H. v. United Airlines Inc

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• noting that the statement “I was turned down for a job because of my race” would be sufficient for an employment discrimination claim
• holding the mere statement “I was turned down for a job because of my race” sufficient to state a claim under Fed. R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6)
• noting that a plaintiff must allege the adverse employment action occurred “because of’ status in a protected class to survive a motion to dismiss under Rule 12(b)(6)
• holding that the plaintiff “did not have to ‘make out a prima facie case of discrimination’ ” because under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8(a)(2) “a complaint must include only ‘a short and plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief.’ ”
• noting that a complaint stating only that the plaintiff “was turned down for a job because of [his or her] race” is sufficient to meet the Rule 8(a) standard
• explaining that an allegation in the complaint that “I was turned down for a job because of my race” is sufficient to survive a 12(b)(6) motion in an employment discrimination case

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