Opinion ID: 3065924
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Heading: federal racketeering claims

Text: [39] The district court dismissed Lacey’s federal racketeering claims because he failed to allege any of the predicate acts necessary for liability. See 18 U.S.C. § § 1961-1968. “[R]acketeering activity” is defined as acts or threats involving a variety of crimes, such as “murder, kidnapping, gambling, arson, robbery, bribery, [or] extortion.” 18 U.S.C. § 1961(1). We agree with the district court that Lacey offers only vague allegations with no factual support that the defendants engaged in any of the requisite predicate crimes. This “unadorned, the-defendant-unlawfully-harmed-me accusation” is insufficient to survive a motion to dismiss. Iqbal, 556 U.S. at 678 (quoting Twombly, 550 U.S. at 555). We therefore affirm the district court’s order on this claim.