Opinion ID: 181046
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Heading: The Sufficiency of Santiago's Pleadings

Text: That Santiago has alleged supervisory liability claims does not mean that she has supported those allegations with sufficient factual matter, accepted as true, to `state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face,' Sheridan, 609 F.3d at 262 n. 27 (quoting Iqbal, 129 S.Ct. at 1949), as is required by the seminal Supreme Court decisions in Iqbal and Twombly. To determine the sufficiency of a complaint under the pleading regime established by those cases, a court must take three steps: First, the court must tak[e] note of the elements a plaintiff must plead to state a claim. Iqbal, 129 S.Ct. at 1947. [7] Second, the court should identify allegations that, because they are no more than conclusions, are not entitled to the assumption of truth. Id. at 1950. Finally, where there are well-pleaded factual allegations, a court should assume their veracity and then determine whether they plausibly give rise to an entitlement for relief. Id.