Opinion ID: 3063719
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Summary judgment on Count 1 was proper.

Text: “We review a district court's grant of summary judgment de novo, applying the same legal standards that controlled the district court's decision” and “with all evidence and reasonable factual inferences viewed in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party.” Levinson v. Reliance Standard Life Ins. Co., 245 F.3d 1321, 1326 (11th Cir. 2001); Rodgers v. Singletary, 142 F.3d 1252, 1253 (11th Cir. 1998). Demers argues that summary judgment on Count 1 was predicated on the district court’s erroneous beliefs that monetary damages are necessary to sustain a cause of action under the FMLA and that it had discretion to deny equitable relief. The FMLA’s “§ 2617 provides no relief unless the employee has been