The following excerpt is from Mierlot v. Tri-City Healthcare Dist., Case No. 14cv1452 AJB (WVG) (S.D. Cal. 2014):
Dismissal of claims that fail to meet this standard should be with leave to amend unless it is clear that amendment could not possibly cure the complaint's deficiencies. See Steckman v. Hart Brewing, Inc., 143 F.3d 1293, 1296 (9th Cir. 1998).
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