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(Emphasis added). Further, all “[a]ffidavits/declarations must contain only factual, evidentiary matter, conform to the requirements of NRCP 56(e), and avoid mere general conclusions or argument.” EDCR 2.21(c).
The first requirement of Rule 56(e) is that the sworn testimony must be made upon personal knowledge. See generally Saka v. Sahara–Nevada Corp., 92 Nev. 703, 705, 558 P.2d 535, 536 (1976) (recognizing that affidavits must be based on “the affiant’s personal knowledge, and there must be an affirmative showing of his competency to testify to them” (as cited by Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Auth. v. Miller, 124 Nev. 669, 687, 191 P.3d 1138, 1150 (2008)). A witness is only competent to testify to a fact if there is evidence that she has personal knowledge of the matter. NRS 50.025(l)(a); see also Bennett v. State, 281 P.3d 1154 (Nev. 2009). A person only has personal knowledge of a fact that she has “personally observed.” Bennett v. State, 281 P.3d 1154 (Nev. 2009) (quoting State v. Vaughn, 101 Wash.2d 604, 682 P.2d 878, 882 (Wash.1984); cf. Lane v. District Court, 104 Nev. 427, 446, 760 P.2d 1245, 1257 (1988) (noting that the witness was incompetent to testify because she was not present at the time in question)).
Testimony about one’s belief without personal knowledge is insufficient under the Rule 56(e) standard, and is therefore insufficient to qualify under the Nevada meet and confer reporting standard. See Coblentz v. Hotel Employees & Rest. Employees Union Welfare Fund, 112 Nev. 1161, 1172, 925 P.2d 496, 502 (1996). In fact, “a district court’s reliance upon an affidavit which does not comply with [Rule 56(e)] may constitute reversible error.” See Havas v. Hughes Estate, 98 Nev. 172, 173, 643 P.2d 1220, 1221 (1982) (quoting Daugherty v. Wabash Life Ins. Co., 87 Nev. 32, 482 P.2d 814 (1971); cf. State of Washington v. Maricopa County, 143 F.2d 871 (9th Cir. 1944)).
Further, hearsay statements are, of course, inadmissible under Rule 56(e) or any other evidentiary standard. NRS 51.065; see also Moore v. United States, 429 U.S. 20, 21-22, 97 S.Ct. 29, 50 L.Ed.2d 25 (1976) (per curiam); Donnelly v. United States, 228 U.S. 243, 273, 33 S.Ct. 449, 57 L.Ed. 820 (1913). Mere conclusions rather than factual statements are inadmissible. See EDCR 2.21(c); see also Gunlord Corp. v. Bozzano, 95 Nev. 243, 245, 591 P.2d 1149, 1150 (1979).
The requirements for the report on the good faith meet and confer are outlined by Alboum v. Koe, M.D., et al., Discovery Commissioner Opinion #10 (November, 2001).
In order to satisfy the requirements of E.D.C.R. 2.34 the movant must detail in an affidavit the essential facts sufficiently to enable the [Court] to pass preliminary judgment on the adequacy and sincerity of the good faith discussion between the parties. It must include the name of the parties who conferred or attempted to confer, [the conference should be between the attorneys/parties – not delegated to secretaries or paralegals] the manner in which they communicated, the dispute at issue, as well as the dates, times and results of the discussions, if any, and why negotiations proved fruitless.
Id. (quoting Nevada Power Co. vs. Monsanto Co., 151 F.R.D. 118, 120 (D. Nev. 1993); Prescient Partners, L.P. v. Fieldcrest Cannon, 1998 U.S. Dist. Lexis 1826 (S.D. N.Y. 1998)). The meet and confer requirement, together with the requirement regarding how the same is reported to the Court, is to be strictly construed. Id. (citing Moran v. Bonneville Square Assoc., 117 Nev. Adv. Op. 46, 25 P.3d 898 (2001); KDI Sylvan Pools v. Workman, 107 Nev. 340, 810 P.2d 1217 (1991)). Failure to comply should result in denial of the Motion. Id. (citing Schick v. Fragin, 1997 Bankr. Lexis 1250 (Bankr. S.D. N.Y. 1997); Tri-Star Pictures v. Unger, 171 F.R.D. 94 (S.D. N.Y. 1997)).
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