Case Name: Adell P. ALLEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Cortesia NORMAN, Ernest Usher, Defendants, City of Mount Vernon, c/o the Commissioner, Chief of Police, Mt. Vernon, John Does 1-8, Jane Does 1-22, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-12-19
Citations: 548 F. App'x 25
Docket Number: No. 12-3780-cv
Parties: Adell P. ALLEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Cortesia NORMAN, Ernest Usher, Defendants, City of Mount Vernon, c/o the Commissioner, Chief of Police, Mt. Vernon, John Does 1-8, Jane Does 1-22, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: PRESENT: JOSÉ A. CABRANES, ROBERT D. SACK and RICHARD C. WESLEY, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 548
Pages: 25–26

Head Matter:
Adell P. ALLEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Cortesia NORMAN, Ernest Usher, Defendants, City of Mount Vernon, c/o the Commissioner, Chief of Police, Mt. Vernon, John Does 1-8, Jane Does 1-22, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 12-3780-cv.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
Dec. 19, 2013.
Adell P. Allen, Monsey, N.Y., pro se.
Hina Sherwani, Assistant Corporation Counsel, for Nichelle A. Johnson, Corporation Counsel, City of Mount Vernon, Mount Vernon, NY, for Defendants-Appel-lees City of Mount Vernon, c/o the Commissioner, Chief of Police, Mt. Vernon, John Does 1-8, Jane Does 1-22.
PRESENT: JOSÉ A. CABRANES, ROBERT D. SACK and RICHARD C. WESLEY, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
SUMMARY ORDER
Plaintiff-appellant Adell Allen, proceeding pro se, appeals the District Court's dismissal, on the appellees' motions, of her complaint brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 1985, in which she alleged that the appellees violated her Fourth Amendment rights. We assume the parties' familiarity with the underlying facts, the procedural history of the case, and the issues on appeal.
We review de novo a district court's decision to dismiss a complaint pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6), Famous Horse Inc. v. 5th Ave. Photo Inc., 624 F.3d 106, 108 (2d Cir.2010), or grant judgment on the pleadings pursuant to Rule 12(c), Kirkendall v. Halliburton, Inc., 707 F.3d 173, 178 (2d Cir.2013). In both cases, we accept the factual allegations in the complaint as true and draw all reasonable inferences in the plaintiffs favor. Id. at 178. To survive either motion, the complaint must plead "enough facts to state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face." Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 570, 127 S.Ct. 1955, 167 L.Ed.2d 929 (2007); Kirkendall, 707 F.3d at 178-79. A claim will have "facial plausibility when the plaintiff pleads factual content that allows the court to draw the reasonable inference that the defendant is liable for the misconduct alleged." Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 678, 129 S.Ct. 1937, 173 L.Ed.2d 868 (2009). While pro se complaints must contain sufficient factual allegations to meet the plausibility standard, see Harris v. Mills, 572 F.3d 66, 72 (2d Cir.2009), we afford a pro se litigant "special solicitude." Hill v. Curcione, 657 F.3d 116, 122 (2d Cir.2011).
Having conducted an independent and de novo review of the record in light of these principles, we conclude that the District Court properly granted the appellees' motions and dismissed Allen's complaint. Accordingly, we affirm substantially for the reasons set forth by Magistrate Judge Pitman in his thorough and well-reasoned Report and Recommendation dated July 23, 2012, which the District Court adopted in full in the judgment dated August 21, 2012.
In addition, we discern no abuse of discretion in the District Court's vacatur of the entry of default judgment against ap-pellee Ernest Usher, given his meritorious defense to Allen's claims. See Powerserve Int'l, Inc. v. Lavi, 239 F.3d 508, 514 (2d Cir.2001) (stating that a district court's decision on a motion to vacate a default judgment is reviewed for abuse of discretion); see also Enron Oil Corp. v. Diakuhara, 10 F.3d 90, 95-96 (2d Cir.1993) (explaining our preference for resolving disputes on the merits). Allen's contentions on appeal, which merely reiterate the allegations in her complaint and repeat arguments considered and rejected below, do not call into question the propriety of these rulings.
CONCLUSION
We have considered all of Allen's remaining arguments and find them to be without merit. Accordingly, we AFFIRM the judgment of the District Court.