Opinion ID: 1048504
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Heading Rank: 3

Heading: standard of review

Text: Discovery rulings are “committed to the sound discretion of the trial court” and will not be reversed on appeal unless “arbitrary or clearly unreasonable.” Williamson v. USDA, 815 F.2d 368, 373, 382 (5th Cir. 1987). Summary judgment rulings are reviewed de novo, with all facts and inferences construed in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party. Dillon v. Rogers, 596 F.3d 260, 266 (5th Cir. 2010). A movant is entitled to summary judgment upon a showing “that there is no genuine dispute as to any material fact and the movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.” FED. R. CIV. P. 56(a).