Opinion ID: 40295
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Heading: standard of review for summary judgment

Text: We review a district court's grant of summary judgment de novo, applying the same standard as the district court. Shepherd v. Comptroller of Pub. Accounts, 168 F.3d 871, 873 (5th Cir. 1999). Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56(c), summary judgment is proper when the “pleadings, depositions, answers to interrogatories, and admissions on file, together with the affidavits, if any, show that there is no genuine issue of material fact and that the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.” FED. R. CIV. P. 56(c); Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, 477 U.S. 317, 322–23 (1986); Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc., 477 U.S. 242, 251–52 (1986). When making its determination, the court must draw all justifiable inferences in favor of the nonmoving party. Anderson, 477 U.S. at 255; Matsushita Elec. Indus. Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corp., 475 U.S. 574, 587-88 (1986); Bodenheimer v. PPG Indus., Inc., 5 F.3d 955, 956 (5th Cir. 1993). To defeat a properly supported motion for summary judgment, the regarding his hostile work environment and constructive discharge claims, he argues with enough specificity for us to consider all of his arguments. Moreover, we should note that this is unlike the more execrable situation where an appellant either raises a completely new issue in its brief, disadvantaging the appellee, and for which the procedural bar concerning initial briefs was developed. It is also unlike the situation in Cinel, where the insurance company raised an issue with this Court that had no statutory support, thus, leaving us with no legal basis on which we could decide the issue. 5 non-movant must present more than a mere scintilla of evidence. Anderson, 477 U.S. at 251. Rather, a factual dispute precludes a grant of summary judgment if the evidence would permit a reasonable jury to return a verdict for the nonmoving party. See Merritt-Campbell, Inc. v. RxP Prods., Inc., 164 F.3d 957, 961 (5th Cir. 1999).