Authorities Cited: United States Code 42 U.S.C. § 1983 Supreme Court 457 U.S. 800, 818 475 U.S. 312, 320-321 483 U.S. 635, 640 503 U.S. 1, 7-8 520 U.S. 259 526 U.S. 603, 615 Circuit Courts 481 F.2d 1028, 1033 537 F.2d 203, 206 661 F.2d 1206, 1209 777 F.2d 1436, 1441-1442 783 F.2d 1002, 1007 786 F.2d 1093 835 F.2d 855, 856 836 F.2d 1318, 1320 841 F.2d 1558, 1563-1564 870 F.2d 1335, 1339 922 F.2d 1553 925 F.2d 1339 936 F.2d 1208, 1212-1213 7 F.3d 1552, 1560 14 F.3d 583 23 F.3d 1086, 1089-1090 57 F.3d 986, 988 97 F.3d 499, 505-506 98 F.3d 664 189 F.3d 1310, 1313 208 F.3d 919, 926 267 F.3d 1251 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(c)