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173418P.pdf   12/13/2018  Ray L. Olin  v.  Dakota Access, LLC
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  17-3418
   U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota - Bismarck   
[PUBLISHED] [Kelly, Author, with Shepherd and Stras, Circuit Judges] Civil case - Fraud. Claim sounding in fraud under N.C. Cent. Code Section 49-22-16.1 was subject to the heightened pleading standards of Fed. R. Civ. P. 9(b), and the district court did not err in concluding the complaint failed to meet the standard.