Opinion ID: 183893
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Heading: Standard of Review: Dismissal for Failure to State a Claim

Text: This Court reviews de novo a district court's dismissal of a complaint for failure to state a claim. See, e.g., Thomas v. Eby, 481 F.3d 434, 437 (6th Cir.2007). Accepting all well-pleaded allegations in the complaint as true, the Court consider[s] the factual allegations in [the] complaint to determine if they plausibly suggest an entitlement to relief. Ashcroft v. Iqbal, ___ U.S. ___, 129 S.Ct. 1937, 1951, 173 L.Ed.2d 868 (2009). Pro se complaints are to be held to less stringent standards than formal pleadings drafted by lawyers, and should therefore be liberally construed. See Martin v. Overton, 391 F.3d 710, 712 (6th Cir.2004).