Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly

Holding that allegations of conduct that are merely consistent with wrongdoing do not state a claim unless "placed in a context that raises a suggestion of" such wrongdoing

Fed. Deposit Ins. v. Meyer

Holding a Bivens claim does not lie against federal agencies because, if damages claims were permitted against federal agencies, "there would be no reason for aggrieved parties to bring damages actions against individual officers" and thus "the deterrent effects of the Bivens remedy would be lost"

Leatherman v. Tarrant County Narcotics Intelligence & Coordination Unit

Holding that there is no heightened pleading requirement in § 1983 suits against municipalities

Robbins v. Oklahoma

Holding that collective allegations do not satisfy a plaintiff's "burden . . . to provide fair notice of the grounds for the claims made against each of the defendants"

United States v. Nordic Village, Inc.

Holding that the existence of "plausible" interpretations that would not permit recovery "is enough to establish that a reading imposing monetary liability on the Government is not ‘unambiguous' and therefore should not be adopted"

United States v. Mitchell

Holding that the United States does not have a specific fiduciary obligation to manage timber resources on allotted lands, held in trust for Indian-allotees

United States v. Testan

Holding that Back Pay Act does not provide a remedy for misclassified federal employees

United States v. Sherwood

Holding that the Claims Court lacked jurisdiction over claims that are not against United States

Hill v. Smithkline Beecham Corp.

Holding that a district court's entry of judgment without expressly ruling on an objection is tantamount to a denial or rejection of those arguments when there is no basis to conclude the court did not consider the objections

Oxendine v. Kaplan

Holding that the failure to refer an inmate to a specialist after he showed signs of necrosis following a surgical procedure posed an obvious health risk

Rule 12 - Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing

Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss

Rule 8 - General Rules of Pleading

Holding that "[e]very defense to a claim for relief in any pleading must be asserted in the responsive pleading. . . ."

Rule 4 - Summons

Holding that if defendant is not served within 90 days after the complaint is filed, the court—on a motion, or on its own following notice to the plaintiff—must dismiss the action without prejudice against that defendant or order that service be made by a certain time

Section 1346 - United States as defendant

Determining liability to the claimant "in accordance with the law of the place where the act or omission occurred"

Section 2671 - Definitions

Defining "[e]mployee of the government" for purposes of the FTCA as "officers or employees of any federal agency "

Section 2675 - Disposition by federal agency as prerequisite; evidence

Setting forth FTCA's administrative exhaustion requirement

Section 2401 - Time for commencing action against United States

Providing that a tort claim against the United States must be presented to the appropriate federal agency within two years after the claim accrues

Section 2674 - Liability of United States

Specifying scope of United States' liability

Section 233 - Civil actions or proceedings against commissioned officers or employees

Providing a remedy against the United States for certain injuries caused by employees of the Public Health Service, and stating that "[t]he time limit for filing a claim under this subsection ... shall be tolled during the pendency of a [n] [administrative] request for benefits," § 233(p)

Section 19.1 - Affidavit of consultation with qualified expert - Extension - Exemption