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AFFINITY GAMING BLACK HAWK, LLC, Defendant.
RAYMOND P MOORE, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE.
On October 16, 2017, defendant filed a motion to dismiss Claims 2-4 (“the motion to dismiss”). (ECF No. 40.) Plaintiffs filed an amended response to the motion to dismiss (ECF No. 51), and defendant then filed a reply (ECF No. 54).
The Court assumes the truth of the following pertinent, non-conclusory allegations from the Third Amended Complaint.
In evaluating a motion to dismiss under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) (“Rule 12(b)(6)”), a court must accept as true all well-pleaded factual allegations in the complaint, view those allegations in the light most favorable to the non-moving party, and draw all reasonable inferences in the plaintiff's favor. Brokers' Choice of America, Inc. v. NBC Universal, Inc., 757 F.3d 1125, 1135-36 (10th Cir. 2014); Mink v. Knox, 613 F.3d 995, 1000 (10th Cir. 2010). In doing so, “a court may look both to the complaint itself and to any documents attached as exhibits to the complaint.” Oxendine v. Kaplan, 241 F.3d 1272, 1275 (10th Cir. 2001). In the complaint, the plaintiff must allege a “plausible” entitlement to relief. Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 555-556, 127 S.Ct. 1955 (2007). Conclusory allegations, however, are insufficient. Cory v. Allstate Ins., 583 F.3d 1240, 1244 (10th Cir. 2009). A complaint warrants dismissal if it fails “in toto to render [plaintiff's] entitlement to relief plausible.” Id. at 569 n.14.
The parties spend some time discussing how this standard applies to this case. (See ECF No. 51 at 2-3; ECF No. 54 at 9-10.) The Court need not spend a great deal of time on this matter, however, because the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals has provided the necessary guidance. Notably, in Khalik v. United Air Lines, 671 F.3d 1188, 1192 (10th Cir. 2012), the Circuit explained that, “[w]hile the [Rule] 12(b)(6) standard does not require that Plaintiff establish a prima facie case in her complaint, the elements of each alleged cause of action help to determine whether Plaintiff has set forth a plausible claim.” The Circuit further explained that allegations in a complaint that are “so general that they encompass a wide swath of conduct, much of it innocent, ” are insufficient; instead, allegations must “give the defendant fair notice of what the claim is and the grounds upon which it rests.” Id. at 1191-92 (quotations and ellipsis omitted).

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