Opinion ID: 3056777
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Heading: standard of review

Text: We review de novo a dismissal under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B), taking the allegations in the complaint as true. Alba v. Montford, 517 F.3d 1249, 1252 (11th Cir. 2008) (citing Hughes v. Lott, 350 F.3d 1157, 1159–60 (11th Cir. 2003)). “The standards governing dismissals under [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure] 12(b)(6) apply to § 1915(e)(2)(B).” Id. (citing Mitchell v. Farcass, 112 F.3d 1483, 1490 (11th Cir. 1997)). Further, pro se pleadings are held to a more lenient standard than pleadings filed by lawyers, and they are to be construed liberally. Id. (citing Tannenbaum v. United States, 148 F.3d 1262, 1263 (11th Cir. 1998) (per curiam)).