Can a motion to dismiss consider documents that are not physically attached to the pleading?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Rogers v. Collecto, Inc., CASE NO. 15cv00658-WQH-JLB (S.D. Cal. 2016):
"A district court ruling on a motion to dismiss may consider documents whose contents are alleged in a complaint and whose authenticity no party questions, but which are not physically attached to the plaintiff's pleading." Parrino v. FHP, Inc., 146 F.3d 699, 705-06 (9th Cir. 1998) (quotation omitted). See Rule 201 Federal Rules of Evidence.
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