TWIN CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC v. WICKSTROM et al

Filing 14

MEMORANDUM OPINION filed. Signed by Judge Michael A. Shipp on 11/17/2020. (jem)

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without discovery for a plaintiff to plead this type of claim in light of Twombly and Iqbal.” Essex,
2010 WL 5069871, at *3. “Indeed, the Third Circuit has cautioned that ‘[c]ourts must be sensitive
to the fact that application of Rule 9(b) prior to discovery may permit sophisticated defrauders to
successfully conceal the details of their fraud’ and that ‘particularly in cases of corporate fraud,
plaintiffs cannot be expected to have personal knowledge of the details of corporate internal
affairs.’” Hunt, 2012 WL 72286, at *5 (quoting Craftmatic Secs. Litig., 890 F.2d 628, 645 (3d
Cir. 1989)). Nevertheless, “[a]s the Court stated in Iqbal, Rule 8 ‘does not unlock the doors of
discovery for a plaintiff armed with nothing more than conclusions.’” Essex, 2010 WL 5069871,
at *3 (quoting Iqbal, 556 U.S. at 678-79).
IV.

CONCLUSION
For the foregoing reasons, Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss is granted. Plaintiff’s claims

against Defendants TIA Corporation, Behavioral Rehabilitation Services, Inc., and A Forever
Recovery, Inc. are dismissed without prejudice.

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CHAEL A
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MICHAEL A. SHIPP
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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