Opinion ID: 1840632
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Heading: standard of review

Text: The general rules regarding our review of summary judgments are well-settled. We review them for correction of errors at law. Carr v. Bankers Trust Co., 546 N.W.2d 901, 903 (Iowa 1996); Schaefer v. Cerro Gordo County Abstract Co., 525 N.W.2d 844, 846 (Iowa 1994); Iowa R.App.P. 4. Summary judgment is appropriate only when the entire record shows no genuine issues of material fact and that the district court correctly applied the law. Carr, 546 N.W.2d at 903; Schaefer, 525 N.W.2d at 846; Iowa R.Civ.P. 237(c). The moving party has the burden to show the nonexistence of a material fact. Fischer v. UNIPAC Serv. Corp., 519 N.W.2d 793, 796 (Iowa 1994). The evidence is viewed in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party. Thorp Credit, Inc. v. Gott, 387 N.W.2d 342, 343 (Iowa 1986). In this case, the parties disagree as to what evidence was before the district court in the summary judgment proceeding. On appeal, the plaintiff refers to depositions that the defendants contend were not included in the plaintiff's resistance to summary judgment as required by Iowa Rule of Civil Procedure 237(e). In our view of the case, however, the scope of the summary judgment record is not significant because the key issue is whether the defendants are absolutely immune from suita legal issue.