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Lewis v. Kordus et al

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN
CHRISTOPHER R. LEWIS, Plaintiff, v. M. KORDUS and D. SZIBEL, Defendants. Case No. 09-CV-138

ORDER
The defendants have filed a motion for summary judgment, which is fully briefed and before the court. SUMMARY JUDGMENT STANDARD Summary judgment is proper "if the pleadings, the discovery and disclosure materials on file, and any affidavits show . . . no genuine issue as to any material fact . . . and that the movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law." Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(c). The mere existence of some factual dispute does not defeat a summary judgment motion. Instead, "the requirement is that there be no genuine issue of material fact." Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc., 477 U.S. 242,248 (1986) (emphasis in original). For a dispute to be genuine, the evidence must be such that a

"reasonable jury could return a verdict for the nonmoving party." Id. In evaluating a motion for summary judgment, the court must draw all inferences in a light most favorable to the nonmovant. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corp., 475 U.S. 574, 587 (1986), Bethlehem Steel Corp

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v. Bush, 918 F.2d 1323, 1326 (7th Cir. 1990). However, a court is "not required to draw every conceivable inference from the record

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