Authorities Cited: United States Code 42 U.S.C. § 1983 Supreme Court 393 U.S. 503, 505-514 408 U.S. 92 411 U.S. 951 477 U.S. 242, 248-252 477 U.S. 317, 322-323 478 U.S. 675, 678-685 484 U.S. 260, 266-273 491 U.S. 397, 414 505 U.S. 377 515 U.S. 819, 825-829 528 U.S. 897 531 U.S. 958 538 U.S. 1033 540 U.S. 824 Circuit Courts 465 F.2d 1332 507 F.2d 152, 158 774 F.2d 685, 689 790 F.2d 453, 460 167 F.3d 984, 993 206 F.3d 1358 218 F.3d 1267, 1275-1278 240 F.3d 200, 214 246 F.3d 536, 539-544 279 F.3d 358, 363 307 F.3d 243 324 F.3d 1246, 1249 327 F.3d 448, 452 355 F.3d 485, 489 403 F.3d 392, 395 412 F.3d 707, 716 437 F.3d 579, 583 445 F.3d 1166, 1176-1177 455 F.3d 702, 706 459 F.3d 705, 710 469 F.3d 568, 570 497 F.3d 584, 591-592 499 F.3d 553, 564-565 501 F.3d 695, 92-701 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(c)