District of Columbia Sample Letter for Proposed Order Granting Summary Judgment
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The court shall grant summary judgment 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. The court should state on the record the reasons for granting or denying the motion.
Where there is n genuine issue of material fact, the court will Page 2 Appendix 5 grant summary judgment in favor of one of the parties. For example, if all the evidence shows that the light was green, the court does not need to hold a trial to determine whether the light was red or green.
While a summary judgment motion is not a substitute for trial, it is a tool that allows courts to weed out cases that do not need a trial to be resolved. It also allows the court to simplify and streamline the case so that trial is more efficient and focused on the areas of actual dispute.
The chance of success in these cases is less than 10% [1]. Another study found that summary judgment is mostly granted in Title VII cases, for example, cases involving equal pay or employment discrimination [2]. When it comes to federal cases, summary judgments are filed in 17% of total cases.
Motion for summary judgment: The court can consider all evidence in the record, even if the evidence was not cited in the pleadings. However, the court can only consider evidence that would be admissible at trial.
Rule 12-I(a) provides that a moving party must seek consent of other affected parties prior to the filing of a motion, except with respect to Rule 11 motions for imposition of sanctions. In these instances, a good faith effort to resolve the disputed issues is required.
If the defendant moves to summary judgment, the burden of proof moves from the plaintiff to the defendant. Rather than the plaintiff proving that they were injured, the defendant must prove that the plaintiff can't obtain evidence at all.
Examples of summary judgement motions John says that Linda ran a red light and caused the crash. John happens to have a video of Linda running the red light and crashing into him. John's attorney files a motion for summary judgment claiming that: There are no material facts that can be reasonably disputed.
