Opinion ID: 774990
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Text: 23 This Court reviews the grant of defendants' motion for summary judgment de novo, construing the evidence in the light most favorable to Leventhal as the non-moving party. See Tenenbaum v. Williams, 193 F.3d 581, 593 (2d Cir.1999), cert. denied, 529 U.S. 1098 (2000). Summary judgment is appropriate where there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and... the moving party is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law, Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(c), and, therefore, the record taken as a whole could not lead a rational trier of fact to find for the non-moving party. Matsushita Elec. Indus. Co. v. Zenith Radio Corp., 475 U.S. 574, 587 (1986). A fact is material for these purposes if it might affect the outcome of the suit under the governing law. Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc., 477 U.S. 242, 248 (1986). An issue of fact is genuine if the evidence is such that a reasonable jury could return a verdict for the nonmoving party. Id.