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In conducting this inquiry, we may also consider documents attached to the plaintiff’s pleadings, documents the authenticity of which are not disputed by the parties, official public records, or documents sufficiently referred to in the complaint.

Ojo v. Lorenzo, 164 N.H. 717, 723 (2013) (quotation omitted).

Ever 1 Because this is an appeal from a ruling on a motion to dismiss, we assume the well-pleaded allegations of fact in the complaint to be true, and construe all reasonable inferences from them in the plaintiffs’ favor.

In conducting this inquiry, we may also consider documents attached to the plaintiffs’ pleadings, documents the authenticity of which are not disputed by the parties, official public records, or documents sufficiently referred to in the complaint.

We also consider documents attached to the pleadings, documents the authenticity of which the parties do not dispute, official public records, and documents referred to in the complaint.

We also consider documents attached to the pleadings, documents the authenticity of which the parties do not dispute, official public records, and documents referred to in the complaint.

We also consider documents attached to the pleadings, documents the authenticity of which the parties do not dispute, official public records, and documents referred to in the complaint.

In making our determination, we may also consider documents attached to the plaintiff’s pleadings, or “documents the authenticity of which are not disputed by the parties, official public records, or documents sufficiently referred to in the [complaint].” Ojo v. Lorenzo, 164 N.H. 717, 721 (2013) (quotation and brackets omitted).

In dismissing the claims against the remaining defendants, the trial court reasoned that: (1) the plaintiff did not allege that any of those defendants had instituted a criminal proceeding against him so as to be liable for malicious criminal prosecution, see Ojo v. Lorenzo, 164 N.H. 717, 727 (2013) (stating elements of malicious prosecution); (2) as a matter of law, the allegations in the complaint did not establish a duty of care, there was no allegation that Cieslik, Mauritz James, James, or

Accordingly, limiting our review to the well-pleaded allegations of fact in the plaintiff’s complaint, and construing all reasonable inferences from them in her favor, see Ojo v. Lorenzo, 164 N.H. 717, 724 (2013), we conclude that the facts she alleged do not, as a matter of law, establish that she “engaged in an act protected by” the Act.

To prevail on a claim for false imprisonment, a plaintiff must show four elements: (1) the defendant acted with the intent of confining him within boundaries fixed by the defendant; (2) the defendant’s act directly or indirectly resulted in the plaintiff's confinement; (3) the plaintiff was conscious of or harmed by the confinement; and (4) the defendant acted without legal authority.

We need not, however, assume the truth of statements in the pleadings that are merely conclusions of law.

It is referred to in our cases as both a “preliminary hearing” and a “probable cause hearing,” see, e.g., Ojo v. Lorenzo, 164 N.H. 717, 720 (2013), and we use both terms interchangeably herein.

low was, in both form and substance, a claim against the late John Houlahan that was never commenced and otherwise violated the limitations periods set forth in RSA 556.” Because we limit our decision to an interpretation of RSA 564-B:10- 1005(c), we leave it to the trial court to address in the first instance the respondent’s argument that the court reached the correct result on mistaken grounds.

An officer has probable cause to arrest when he or she has “knowledge and trustworthy information sufficient to warrant a person of reasonable caution and prudence in believing that the arrestee has committed an offense.” Ojo v. Lorenzo, 164 N.H. 717, 722 (2013) (quotation omitted).

We find unpersuasive Lahm’s reliance on this comment because not only has he not asserted a malicious prosecution claim, but an element of malicious prosecution is the absence of probable cause.