Opinion ID: 200707
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: standard of review

Text: We review de novo a district court's dismissal of a complaint for failure to state a claim under Rule 12(b)(6), Morales-Villalobos v. Garcia-Llorens, 316 F.3d 51, 52 (1st Cir. 2003), taking well-pleaded facts in the complaint as true and making all reasonable inferences in favor of the plaintiffs. Arruda v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., 310 F.3d 13, 18 (1st Cir. 2002). Rule 12(b)(6) permits dismissal of a complaint for failure of the pleading to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. For the purposes of Rule 12(b)(6), it is enough for a plaintiff to sketch a scenario which, if subsequently fleshed out by means of appropriate facts, could support an actionable claim. Garrett v. -8- Tandy Corp., 295 F.3d 94, 105 (1st Cir. 2002). We must reverse if the plaintiffs have included in their complaint well-pleaded facts which, taken as true, justify recovery on any supportable legal theory. Cruz v. Melecio, 204 F.3d 14, 21 (1st Cir. 2000).