The following excerpt is from Medrano v. Ortega, Case No.: 19-cv-423-AJB-MDD (S.D. Cal. 2019):
A pro se pleading is construed liberally on a defendant's motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim. Id. (citing Ortez v. Washington Cty., 88 F.3d 804, 807 (9th Cir. 1996)). The pro se pleader must still set out facts in his complaint that bring his claims "across the line from conceivable to plausible." Twombly, 550 U.S. at 570.
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