The following excerpt is from Shorter v. Sullivan, Case No. 1:20-cv-01823-NONE-BAM (PC) (E.D. Cal. 2021):
8(a)(2). "Such a statement must simply give the defendant fair notice of what the plaintiff's claim is and the grounds upon which it rests." Swierkiewicz v. Sorema N.A., 534 U.S. 506, 512 (2002) (citation and internal quotation marks omitted).
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