Opinion ID: 430483
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Standards for Granting Summary Judgment

Text: 63 But assuming arguendo that the burdensomeness analysis is apposite, appellants nonetheless failed to demonstrate the presence of a genuine issue of material fact. As the district court correctly stated, [n]othing in the record supports an allegation that 'great personal hardship and sacrifice has been imposed upon' Plaintiffs by their appointment to neglect cases. Memorandum Opinion at 7. Appellants failed to contest the appellees' statements in their Rule 1-9(h) statement that neglect cases do not involve substantial research or investigation and that the burden imposed by such appointments neither impairs the attorneys' ability to engage in remunerative practice nor results in substantial out-of-pocket expenditures. Thus, under the well-established law of this circuit--which the majority does not question but chooses to ignore--the district court properly assumed the truth of those statements and, accordingly, granted summary judgment for the appellees. See Tarpley v. Greene, 684 F.2d 1, 6-7 (D.C.Cir.1982); Gardels v. CIA, 637 F.2d 770, 773 (D.C.Cir.1980). As this court stated in Gardels, the failure to challenge statements contained in a Rule 1-9(h) statement may be fatal to the delinquent party. 637 F.2d at 773. The majority, by reversing the district court's grant of summary judgment, has failed to adhere to this court's admonishments that the requirements of Rule 1-9(h) be strictly enforced.