Authorities Cited: United States Code 42 U.S.C. § 1983 42 U.S.C. § 1985 Supreme Court 438 U.S. 478, 506-507 443 U.S. 16 457 U.S. 800, 814-819 475 U.S. 335, 343 490 U.S. 386 502 U.S. 224, 227 510 U.S. 266, 271-7914 517 U.S. 806, 812-813 533 U.S. 194, 201-206 536 U.S. 730 Circuit Courts 173 F.2d 395, 399 318 F.2d 110, 126 440 F.2d 338, 341 661 F.2d 1206 684 F.2d 1365, 1368-1369 738 F.2d 896 780 F.2d 1541, 1543 806 F.2d 123, 128 846 F.2d 953 854 F.2d 421 865 F.2d 1187, 1195 884 F.2d 271, 275 904 F.2d 572, 579 905 F.2d 1503, 1505 7 F.3d 1552 21 F.3d 1544 29 F.3d 1080, 1088 40 F.3d 1157, 1161 65 F.3d 155, 158 85 F.3d 581, 583-586 85 F.3d 1521, 1525 104 F.3d 1247, 1253 124 F.3d 123, 128 132 F.3d 1359, 1366 133 F.3d 1425, 1435 140 F.3d 1378, 1382 161 F.3d 217, 222 168 F.3d 949 174 F.3d 1271, 1283 178 F.3d 1175, 1187 229 F.3d 1271, 1291-1292 253 F.3d 1257, 1265 268 F.3d 1014, 1031 279 F.3d 1271, 1279 284 F.3d 1188, 1194-1195 311 F.3d 1340, 1346 312 F.3d 198, 205-206 321 F.3d 1069 323 F.3d 872, 881-882 354 F.3d 1307, 1313-1314 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(c) 119 F. Supp. 2d 232, 254