Opinion ID: 167914
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Heading: Standard of R eview

Text: -16- Our standard of review on sum m ary judgm ent is de novo; we apply the sam e legal standard to be used by the district court. Garrison v. Gambro, Inc., 428 F.3d 933, 935 (10th Cir. 2005). Sum m ary judgm ent should be granted if “the pleadings, depositions, answers to interrogatories, and admissions on file, together with the affidavits, if any, show that there is no genuine issue as to any m aterial fact and that the moving party is entitled to a judgm ent as a matter of law.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(c). Neither “mere assertions and conjecture,” York v. AT& T Co., 95 F.3d 948, 955 (10th Cir. 1996), nor “the existence of a scintilla of evidence in support of the nonmovant’s position,” Lawmaster v. W ard, 125 F.3d 1341, 1347 (10th Cir. 1997), is sufficient to show a genuine issue of m aterial fact; “an issue of m aterial fact is genuine only if the nonmovant presents facts such that a reasonable jury could find in favor of the nonm ovant,” id.