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See Morrow v. Balaski, 719 F.3d 160, 165 (3d Cir. 2013) (“[W]e are not compelled to accept unsupported conclusions and unwarranted inferences, or a legal conclusion couched as factual allegation.”) (citation omitted).

See Morrow v. Balaski, 719 F.3d 160, 165 (3d Cir. 2013) (“[W]e are not compelled to accept unsupported conclusions and unwarranted inferences, or a legal conclusion couched as factual allegation.”) (citation omitted).

See Morrow v. Balaski, 719 F.3d 160, 165 (3d Cir. 2013) (“[W]e are not compelled to accept unsupported conclusions and unwarranted inferences, or a legal conclusion couched as factual allegation.”) (citation omitted).

See Morrow v. Balaski, 719 F.3d 160, 165 (3d Cir. 2013) (“[W]e are not compelled to accept unsupported conclusions and unwarranted inferences, or a legal conclusion couched as factual allegation.”) (citation omitted).

Morrow, 719 F.3d at 179 (“[M]erely restating the [d]efendants’ inaction as an affirmative failure to act does not alter the passive nature of the alleged conduct.”) Accordingly, because Plaintiff cannot allege an affirmative act attributable to the School District, it would be futile to grant Plaintiff leave to amend his § 1983 claim under the state-created danger theory of liability.

See Morrow v. Balaski, 719 F.3d 160, 165 (3d Cir. 2013) (“[W]e are not compelled to accept unsupported conclusions and unwarranted inferences, or a legal conclusion couched as a factual allegation.”) (citation omitted).

See Morrow v. Balaski, 719 F.3d 160, 165 (3d Cir. 2013) (“[W]e are not compelled to accept unsupported conclusions and unwarranted inferences, or a legal conclusion couched as a factual allegation.”) (citation omitted). 6 Sowell has not clarified his allegations in any of his other filings to suggest that he could offer additional factual allegations to overcome these barriers to relief.

While the plaintiffs couch the allegations in terms that would suggest an affirmative action was taken, , that the District “compelled” Jane Doe to be in the same vicinity as her abuser, these allegations are simply an attempt to rephrase the District’s inaction as affirmative action taken by the District to support a claim of retaliation. , 719 F.3d 160, 179 (3d Cir. 2013) (“[M]erely restating the Defendants’ inaction as an affirmative failure to act does not alter the pass…

Dist. of City of Allentown, 712 F. App’x 218, 221 (3d Cir. 2017) (“The School District's failure to remove students from the school simply does not constitute an affirmative act, even if school policy required their removal.”) and then citing Morrow v. Balaski, 719 F.3d 160, 178 (3d Cir. 2013) (“[W]e decline to hold that a school's alleged failure to enforce a disciplinary policy is equivalent to an affirmative act under the circumstances here.”)).

Morrow, 719 F.3d at 179 (“[MJerely restating the [dJefendants’ inaction as an affirmative failure to act does not alter the passive nature of the alleged conduct.”).

Morrow, 719 F.3d at 178 (“[W]e decline to hold that a school’s alleged failure to enforce a disciplinary policy is equivalent to an affirmative act under the circumstances here.”).

See Gayemen , 712 F. App'x at 221 ("The School District's failure to remove students from the school simply does not constitute an affirmative act, even if school policy required their removal."); Morrow , 719 F.3d at 178 ("[W]e decline to hold that a school's alleged failure to enforce a disciplinary policy is equivalent to an affirmative act...."); see also Buonadonna v. Se.

See Morrow, 719 F.3d at 178 (“[W]e decline to hold that a school’s alleged failure to enforce a disciplinary policy is equivalent to an affirmative act under the circumstances here.”).

Cf. Morrow, 719 F.3d at 178 (“we decline to hold that a school’s alleged failure to enforce a disciplinary policy is equivalent to an affirmative act under the circumstances here.”).

However, it need not accept “‘unsupported conclusions and unwarranted inferences, or a legal conclusion couched as a factual allegation.’” Morrow v. Balaski, 719 F.3d 160, 165 (3d Cir. 2013) (quoting Baraka v. McGreevey, 481 F.3d 187, 195 (3d Cir. 2007)).

Although the court must accept the fact allegations in the complaint as true, it is not compelled to accept “unsupported conclusions and unwarranted inferences, or a legal conclusion couched as a factual allegation.” , 719 F.3d 160, 165 (3d Cir. 2013) (quoting , 481 F.3d 187 , 195 (3d Cir. 2007)).

Pa. 2011); Morrow v. Balaski, 719 F.3d 160, 178 (3d Cir. 2013). 111 Doc. 20 at Counts III, V, VI, VII.

Although the Court must accept the fact allegations in the complaint as true, it is not compelled to accept “unsupported conclusions and unwarranted inferences, or a legal conclusion couched as a factual allegation.” , 719 F.3d 160, 165 (3d Cir. 2013) (quoting , 481 F.3d 187 , 195 (3d Cir. 2007)).

Although the Court must accept the fact allegations in the complaint as true, it is not compelled to accept “unsupported conclusions and unwarranted inferences, or a legal conclusion couched as a factual allegation.” , 719 F.3d 160, 165 (3d Cir. 2013) (quoting , 481 F.3d 187 , 195 (3d Cir. 2007)).

Although the Court must accept the fact allegations in the complaint as true, it is not compelled to accept “unsupported conclusions and unwarranted inferences, or a legal conclusion couched as a factual allegation.” , 719 F.3d 160, 165 (3d Cir. 2013) (quoting , 481 F.3d 187 , 195 (3d Cir. 2007)).

A.J. v. Mastery Charter High Sch., 2023 WL 6804576 , at *7 (3d Cir. Sept. 20, 2023) (citing Morrow v. Balaski, 719 F.3d 160, 170 (3d Cir. 2013) (en banc)); see also Swanger v. Warrior Run Sch.

A court is “not compelled to accept unsupported conclusions and unwarranted inferences, or a legal conclusion couched as a factual allegation.” Wheeler v. Wheeler, 639 F. App’x 147, 149 (3d Cir. 2016) (quoting Morrow v. Balaski, 719 F.3d 160, 165 (3d Cir. 2013)).

Morrow v. Balaski, 719 F.3d 160, 165 (3d Cir. 2013) (en banc).

Courts are “not compelled to accept unsupported conclusions and unwarranted inferences, or a legal conclusion couched as a factual allegation.” Wheeler v. Wheeler, 639 F. App’x 147, 149 (3d Cir. 2016) (quoting Morrow v. Balaski, 719 F.3d 160, 165 (3d Cir. 2013)).

A court is “not compelled to accept unsupported conclusions and unwarranted inferences, or a legal conclusion couched as a factual allegation.” Wheeler v. Wheeler, 639 F. App’x 147, 149 (3d Cir. 2016) (quoting Morrow v. Balaski, 719 F.3d 160, 165 (3d Cir. 2013)).

A court is “not compelled to accept unsupported conclusions and unwarranted inferences, or a legal conclusion couched as a factual allegation.” Wheeler v. Wheeler, 639 F. App’x 147, 149 (3d Cir. 2016) (quoting Morrow v. Balaski, 719 F.3d 160, 165 (3d Cir. 2013)).

Although a court must accept the factual allegations in a complaint as true, it is not compelled to accept “unsupported conclusions and unwarranted inferences, or a legal conclusion couched as a factual allegation.” Morrow v. Balaski, 719 F.3d 160, 165 (3d Cir. 2013) (quoting Baraka v. McGreevey, 481 F.3d 187, 195 (3d Cir. 2007)).

However, it need not accept “‘unsupported conclusions and unwarranted inferences, or a legal conclusion couched as a factual allegation.’” Morrow v. Balaski, 719 F.3d 160, 165 (3d Cir. 2013) (quoting Baraka v. McGreevey, 481 F.3d 187, 195 (3d Cir. 2007)).

A court is “not compelled to accept unsupported conclusions and unwarranted inferences, or a legal conclusion couched as a factual allegation.” Wheeler v. Wheeler, 639 F. App’x 147, 149 (3d Cir. 2016) (quoting Morrow v. Balaski, 719 F.3d 160, 165 (3d Cir. 2013)).

A court is “not compelled to accept unsupported conclusions and unwarranted inferences, or a legal conclusion couched as a factual allegation.” Wheeler v. Wheeler, 639 F. App’x 147, 149 (3d Cir. 2016) (quoting Morrow v. Balaski, 719 F.3d 160, 165 (3d Cir. 2013)).

While it must accept all allegations in the complaint as true, the Court does not have to accept “unsupported conclusions and unwarranted inferences, or a legal conclusion couched as a factual allegation.” , 719 F.3d 160, 165 (3d Cir. 2013) (quoting 481 F.3d 187 , 195 (3d Cir. 2007)).

A court is “not compelled to accept unsupported conclusions and unwarranted inferences, or a legal conclusion couched as a factual allegation.” Wheeler v. Wheeler, 639 F. App’x 147, 149 (3d Cir. 2016) (quoting Morrow v. Balaski, 719 F.3d 160, 165 (3d Cir. 2013)).

Although the Court must accept the fact allegations in the complaint as true, it is not compelled to accept “unsupported conclusions and unwarranted inferences, or a legal conclusion couched as a factual allegation.” , 719 F.3d 160, 165 (3d Cir. 2013) (quoting , 481 F.3d 187 , 195 (3d Cir. 2007)).

Although the Court must accept the fact allegations in the complaint as true, it is not compelled to accept “unsupported conclusions and unwarranted inferences, or a legal conclusion couched as a factual allegation.” , 719 F.3d 160, 165 (3d Cir. 2013) (quoting , 481 F.3d 187 , 195 (3d Cir. 2007)).

Although the Court must accept the fact allegations in the complaint as true, it is not compelled to accept “unsupported conclusions and unwarranted inferences, or a legal conclusion couched as a factual allegation.” , 719 F.3d 160, 165 (3d Cir. 2013) (quoting , 481 F.3d 187 , 195 (3d Cir. 2007)).

That is so because the requirement serves to distinguish cases where state officials “might have done more” from cases where state officials “created or increased the risk itself.” Morrow v. Balaski, 719 F.3d 160, 179 (3d Cir. 2013) (en banc) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted).

Although the Court must accept the fact allegations in the complaint as true, it is not compelled to accept “unsupported conclusions and unwarranted inferences, or a legal conclusion couched as a factual allegation.” , 719 F.3d 160, 165 (3d Cir. 2013) (en banc) (quoting , 481 F.3d 187 , 195 (3d Cir. 2007)).

Although the Court must accept the fact allegations in the complaint as true, it is not compelled to accept “unsupported conclusions and unwarranted inferences, or a legal conclusion couched as a factual allegation.” , 719 F.3d 160, 165 (3d Cir. 2013) (quoting , 481 F.3d 187 , 195 (3d Cir. 2007)).

Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 678 (2009); Morrow v. Balaski, 719 F.3d 160, 165 (3d Cir. 2013) (en banc).

Although the Court must accept the fact allegations in the complaint as true, it is not compelled to accept “unsupported conclusions and unwarranted inferences, or a legal conclusion couched as a factual allegation.” , 719 F.3d 160, 165 (3d Cir. 2013) (quoting , 481 F.3d 187 , 195 (3d Cir. 2007)).

A court is “not compelled to accept unsupported conclusions and unwarranted inferences, or a legal conclusion couched as a factual allegation.” Wheeler v. Wheeler, 639 F. App’x 147, 149 (3d Cir. 2016) (quoting Morrow v. Balaski, 719 F.3d 160, 165 (3d Cir. 2013)).

Although the Court must accept the fact allegations in the complaint as true, it is not compelled to accept “unsupported conclusions and unwarranted inferences, or a legal conclusion couched as a factual allegation.” , 719 F.3d 160, 165 (3d Cir. 2013) (quoting , 481 F.3d 187 , 195 (3d Cir. 2007)).

Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 678 (2009); Morrow v. Balaski, 719 F.3d 160, 165 (3d Cir. 2013) (en banc).

As discussed in the Kahler Opinion, Mrs. Payne has not stated a state-created danger claim because she has not pled any affirmative acts by Individual Defendants that “created or increased the risk” of harm, and “their failure to report, investigate, or stop Boyce’s conduct did not ‘create[] a new danger’ or render [Mrs. Payne] ‘more vulnerable to danger than had the state not acted at all.’” 2025 WL 2778092 , at *5 (first alteration in original) (first quoting Morrow v. Bal…

XIV, § 1; Morrow v. Balaski, 719 F.3d 160, 166 (3d Cir. 2013).

The state-created danger exception to DeShaney requires plaintiffs to show "the state's own actions create[d] the very danger that causes the plaintiff's injury." Morrow v. Balaski, 719 F.3d 160, 167 (3d Cir. 2013).

The question is whether the alleged affirmative act “created a new danger” or rendered the plaintiff “more vulnerable to danger than had the state not acted at all.” Morrow v. Balaski, 719 F.3d 160, 178 (3d Cir. 2013) (quoting Bright, 443 F.3d at 281).

Although the Court must accept the fact allegations in the complaint as true, it is not compelled to accept “unsupported conclusions and unwarranted inferences, or a legal conclusion couched as a factual allegation.” Morrow v. Balaski, 719 F.3d 160, 165 (3d Cir. 2013) (en banc) (quoting Baraka v. McGreevey, 481 F.3d 187, 195 (3d Cir. 2007)).

However, it need not accept “‘unsupported conclusions and unwarranted inferences, or a legal conclusion couched as a factual allegation.’” Morrow v. Balaski, 719 F.3d 160, 165 (3d Cir. 2013) (quoting Baraka v. McGreevey, 481 F.3d 187, 195 (3d Cir. 2007)).

The amended complaint is not clear on this point. complaint as true, it is not compelled to accept “unsupported conclusions and unwarranted inferences, or a legal conclusion couched as a factual allegation.” , 719 F.3d 160, 165 (3d Cir. 2013) (quoting , 481 F.3d 187 , 195 (3d Cir. 2007)).