BRIAN A. JACKSON, Chief District Judge.
Before the Court is the
During the period between November 12 and December 5, 2014, Plaintiff alleges that she was involuntarily hospitalized at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center ("OLOL") in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in violation of multiple state and federal constitutional provisions and various state and federal statutes.
In her Amended Complaint, Plaintiff states that "Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, and/or the services it renders, and/or [the] personnel it employs and/or sponsors, either in part . . . or in sum, fall under the helm" of the Franciscan Defendants. (Id. at ¶ 10). This is the only mention of the Franciscan Defendants in the entirety of Plaintiff's Amended Complaint. (See id.). The Franciscan Defendants, however, have no governing authority over OLOL and had no involvement in the creation or implementation of the policies and procedures related to the care provided to Plaintiff during her involuntary hospitalization at OLOL. The Franciscan Defendants provide no direct care to medical patients and did not provide any medical care to Plaintiff during the time in which she was involuntarily hospitalized at OLOL, nor did the Franciscan Defendants have any involvement with the execution of the legal documents that resulted in Plaintiff's involuntary hospitalization.
Summary judgment is appropriate "if the movant shows that there is no genuine dispute as to any material fact and the movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law." Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(a). "A party asserting that a fact cannot be or is genuinely disputed must support the assertion by . . . citing to particular parts of materials in the record [-] including depositions, documents, electronically stored information, affidavits or declarations, stipulations (including those made for purposes of the motion only), admissions, [and] interrogatory answers" — or by averring that an adverse party cannot produce admissible evidence to support the presence of a genuine dispute. Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(c)(1).
"[W]hen a properly supported motion for summary judgment is made, the adverse party must set forth specific facts showing that there is a genuine issue for trial." Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc., 477 U.S. 242, 250 (1986) (quotation marks and footnote omitted). When the non-movant fails to file a memorandum in opposition to a motion for summary judgment, a court may accept as undisputed the facts that the movant submits in support of its motion. See Eversley v. MBank Dallas, 843 F.2d 172, 174 (5th Cir. 1988).
In sum, summary judgment is appropriate if, "after adequate time for discovery and upon motion, [the non-movant] fails to make a showing sufficient to establish the existence of an element essential to that party's case, and on which that party will bear the burden of proof at trial." Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, 477 U.S. 317, 322 (1986). If the non-movant fails to file a memorandum in opposition to a motion for summary judgment, a court may grant the motion if the movant's "submittals ma[k]e a prima facie showing of its entitlement to judgment." Eversley, 843 F.2d at 174 (citing Matsushita Elec. Indus. Co. v. Zenith Radio Corp., 475 U.S. 574 (1986); Anderson, 477 U.S. 242; Celotex, 477 U.S. 317).
The Court finds that the facts submitted by the Franciscan Defendants in support of their Motion make out a "prima facie showing of [their] entitlement to judgment" and that, given the lack of opposition by Plaintiff, Defendant is entitled to summary judgment on Plaintiff's claims. Id. The Franciscan Defendants have demonstrated that they had no involvement in any of the circumstances giving rise to Plaintiffs claims.
Plaintiff has not opposed the Motion, and Plaintiff therefore has not put forth any facts to dispute the lack of involvement of the Franciscan Defendants and, consequently, has failed to "show[] that there is a genuine issue for trial." Anderson, 477 U.S. at 250. Therefore, the Court finds that Defendant is entitled to summary judgment. Eversley, 843 F.2d at 174.
Based on the foregoing,