Authorities Cited: United States Code 28 U.S.C. § 1291 42 U.S.C. § 1983 Supreme Court 391 U.S. 563, 568 408 U.S. 1, 92 441 U.S. 463, 464 468 U.S. 737, 751 472 U.S. 511, 530 477 U.S. 317, 322 482 U.S. 451, 462-463 483 U.S. 635, 640 490 U.S. 386 533 U.S. 194, 201 Circuit Courts 578 F.2d 461, 464 677 F.2d 622, 624-625 707 F.2d 1176 757 F.2d 1155, 1157 786 F.2d 1533, 1537 856 F.2d 142, 145 880 F.2d 1235, 1242 888 F.2d 1 889 F.2d 1209, 1217 18 F.3d 673, 680-681 175 F.3d 378, 394-398 192 F.3d 1283, 1300 202 F.3d 676, 686 239 F.3d 489, 493 268 F.3d 65, 73 271 F.3d 955, 960 284 F.3d 923, 927-928 286 F.3d 576, 585 290 F.3d 252, 258-259 311 F.3d 1340, 1346-1352 318 F.3d 523, 530 320 F.3d 1235, 1248 348 F.3d 726, 728-729 351 F.3d 1080, 1084 358 F.3d 859, 145-960 361 F.3d 610, 616 370 F.3d 1252, 1268-1269 373 F.3d 310, 320 411 F.3d 474, 499-500 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(c)