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FRANCIS v. GIACOMELLI

No. 08-1908.

588 F.3d 186 (2009)

Joel FRANCIS; Anthony Romano; Kevin Clark, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Rodney GIACOMELLI; David Engel; Stephen McMahon; Carl Gutberlet; Ralph Tyler; Martin O'Malley, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: December 2, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neal Marcellas Janey, Sr., Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellants. Kathryn Widmayer Sullivan, Baltimore City Department of Law, Baltimore, Maryland; Matthew Wade Nayden, Baltimore City Solicitor's Office, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge NIEMEYER wrote the opinion, in which Judge SHEDD and Judge DAVIS joined.

OPINION

NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:

In this appeal, we evaluate the legal sufficiency of a complaint, applying the standard articulated in Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 127 S.Ct. 1955, 167 L.Ed.2d 929 (2007), and Ashcroft v. Iqbal, ___ U.S. ___, 129 S.Ct. 1937, 173 L.Ed.2d 868 (2009) — i.e., whether the complaint on its face states plausible claims upon which relief can be granted.

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