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Rule 12(b) Dismissal Requires Inability to Prove Claim

The Second Circuit has held that a civil rights claim may only be dismissed under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) for failure to state a claim if it is beyond doubt that the plaintiff can prove no set of facts which entitle him to relief. A Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal ...

 

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