5     Rather than answering, the CoreCivic defendants filed their Motion to Dismiss or, in the  Alternative, to Transfer Venue, along with a supporting Memorandum of Law. (Doc. Nos. 21, 22.)  The plaintiffs filed a Memorandum of Law in Opposition to the Motion to Dismiss (Doc. No. 24),  and the defendants filed a Reply (Doc. No. 26). The plaintiffs, without seeking leave of court, filed  a surreply (although it is styled as a “Response to Defendants’ Reply”). (Doc. No. 27.)  II.  MOTION TO DISMISS  A.  Standard of Review    In deciding a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim under Rule 12(b)(6), the court  will “construe the complaint in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, accept its allegations as  true, and draw all reasonable inferences in favor of the plaintiff.”Directv, Inc. v. Treesh, 487 F.3d  471, 476 (6th Cir. 2007);Inge v. Rock Fin. Corp., 281 F.3d 613, 619 (6th Cir. 2002). “Federal  Rule of Civil Procedure 8(a)(2) requires only ‘a short and plain statement of the claim showing  that the pleader is entitled to relief,’ in order to ‘give the defendant fair notice of what the . . . claim  is and the grounds upon which it rests.”Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 555 (2007)  (quotingConley v. Gibson, 355 U.S. 41, 47 (1957)). The court must determine only whether “the  claimant is entitled to offer evidence to support the claims,” not whether the plaintiff can ultimately  prove the facts alleged.Swierkiewicz v. Sorema N.A., 534 U.S. 506, 511 (2002) (quotingScheuer  v. Rhodes, 416 U.S. 232, 236 (1974)).    The complaint’s allegations, however, “must be enough to raise a right to relief above the  speculative level.”Twombly, 550 U.S. at 555. To establish the “facial plausibility” required to  “unlock the doors of discovery,” the plaintiff cannot rely on “legal conclusions” or “[t]hreadbare  recitals of the elements of a cause of action,” but, instead, the plaintiff must plead “factual content  that allows the court to draw the reasonable inference that the defendant is liable for the misconduct  alleged.”Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 678–79 (2009). “[O]nly a complaint that states a  Case 1:21-cv-01154-JDB-jay Document 28 Filed 10/12/21 Page 5 of 17 PageID 112