Filed: Apr. 14, 2014
Latest Update: Apr. 14, 2014
Summary: ORDER J. THOMAS RAY, Magistrate Judge. Defendants Kelley and McDowell has filed separate Motions for Summary Judgment on the issue of exhaustion, Briefs in Support, and a Statements of Undisputed Facts. Docs. 20 through 25. Plaintiff must respond to both Motions. At the summary judgment stage, a plaintiff cannot rest upon mere allegations and, instead, must meet proof with proof. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(e). This means that Plaintiff's Responses must include his legal arguments, as well as
Summary: ORDER J. THOMAS RAY, Magistrate Judge. Defendants Kelley and McDowell has filed separate Motions for Summary Judgment on the issue of exhaustion, Briefs in Support, and a Statements of Undisputed Facts. Docs. 20 through 25. Plaintiff must respond to both Motions. At the summary judgment stage, a plaintiff cannot rest upon mere allegations and, instead, must meet proof with proof. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(e). This means that Plaintiff's Responses must include his legal arguments, as well as ..
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ORDER
J. THOMAS RAY, Magistrate Judge.
Defendants Kelley and McDowell has filed separate Motions for Summary Judgment on the issue of exhaustion, Briefs in Support, and a Statements of Undisputed Facts. Docs. 20 through 25. Plaintiff must respond to both Motions.
At the summary judgment stage, a plaintiff cannot rest upon mere allegations and, instead, must meet proof with proof. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(e). This means that Plaintiff's Responses must include his legal arguments, as well as affidavits,1 prison records, or other evidence establishing that there is a genuine issue of material fact that must be resolved at a hearing or trial.
Furthermore, pursuant to Local Rule 56.1, Plaintiff must also separately file Statements of Disputed Facts, which lists: (a) any disagreement he has with the specifically numbered factual assertions in each of the Defendant's Statements of Undisputed Facts (Docs. 21 & 24); and (b) any other disputed facts that he believes must be resolved at a hearing or trial.2
Finally, Plaintiff is advised that if he intends to rely on documents that have been previously filed in the record, he must specifically refer to those documents by docket number, page, date, and heading. The Court will not sift through the file to find support for Plaintiff's factual contentions. See Crossley v. Georgia-Pacific, Corp., 355 F.3d 1112, 1113-14 (8th Cir. 2004) (affirming the grant of summary judgment because a plaintiff failed to properly refer to specific pages of the record that supported his position).
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED THAT:
1. Plaintiff must file, within thirty days of the entry of this Order, Responses to Defendant Kelley's and McDowell's Motions for Summary Judgment and a separate Statements of Disputed Facts that comply with the Fed. R. Civ. P. 56, Local Rule 56.1, and the instructions in this Order.
2. Plaintiff is advised that the failure to timely and properly comply with this Order will result in: (a) all of the facts in Defendants' summary judgment papers being deemed admitted by Plaintiff, pursuant to Local Rule 56.1(c); or (b) the dismissal of this action, without prejudice, pursuant to Local Rule 5.5(c)(2).
