Authorities Cited: United States Code 42 U.S.C. § 1983 Supreme Court 391 U.S. 563, 568-588 427 U.S. 347, 362 461 U.S. 138, 103-146 477 U.S. 317, 322 483 U.S. 635, 640 494 U.S. 624, 632 533 U.S. 194, 201 536 U.S. 730, 122-741 538 U.S. 343, 358 Circuit Courts 888 F.2d 1562, 1565-1566 919 F.2d 1531, 1537 956 F.2d 1045, 1049 967 F.2d 1523, 1526 971 F.2d 708, 712 6 F.3d 750, 755 12 F.3d 1558, 1562-1564 15 F.3d 1013, 1021 89 F.3d 761, 765 105 F.3d 1344, 1353 112 F.3d 1127 129 F.3d 551 141 F.3d 1417 141 F.3d 1453, 1455 145 F.3d 1441, 1450 147 F.3d 1316, 1317 212 F.3d 571, 587-590 229 F.3d 1012, 1023 236 F.3d 651, 658 284 F.3d 1188 292 F.3d 712, 716 304 F.3d 1144, 1155 311 F.3d 1340, 1348-1350 351 F.3d 1080, 1084 354 F.3d 1307, 1314 361 F.3d 610, 619-620 400 F.3d 883, 888 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(c)