Opinion ID: 2814736
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Heading: Standard of Review and Summary Judgment Law

Text: We review a grant of summary judgment de novo, “using the same standard applied by the district court pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(a).” Cillo v. City of Greenwood Vill., 739 F.3d 451, 461 (10th Cir. 2013). “The evidence of the non-movant is to be believed, and all justifiable inferences are to be drawn in [its] favor.” Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc., 477 U.S. 242, 255 (1986). Moreover, we must not “weigh the evidence and determine the truth of the matter,” but instead must merely determine “whether there is a genuine issue for trial.” Id. at 249. Summary judgment shall be granted if “there is no genuine dispute as to any material fact” and the moving party is 12 The court also rejected Mr. Templeton’s argument that Catlin waived its right to invoke Exclusion D.1.b. Mr. Templeton does not contest this ruling on appeal. 13 The district court also concluded Catlin had no duty to indemnify Mr. Templeton based on Exclusion N, the “insolvency/receivership” exclusion. Because we conclude Exclusion D.1.b bars coverage, we decline to reach whether Exclusion N also supports summary judgment. -28- “entitled to judgment as a matter of law.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(a). The moving party must first demonstrate the absence of a genuine issue of material fact. Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, 477 U.S. 317, 322 (1986). “[A] movant that will not bear the burden of persuasion at trial need not negate the nonmovant’s claim.” Adler v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 144 F.3d 664, 671 (10th Cir. 1998). Instead, the moving party may “simply . . . point[] out to the court a lack of evidence for the nonmovant on an essential element of the nonmovant’s claim.” Id. If the movant meets its initial burden, “the burden shifts to the nonmovant to go beyond the pleadings and set forth specific facts that would be admissible in evidence in the event of trial from which a rational trier of fact could find for the nonmovant.” Id. (quotations omitted).