context: The court may hold a summary judgment motion in abeyance, even pending an evidentiary hearing. This practice has long been a common one.
citation_a.signal: cf.
citation_a.identifier: 463 B.R. 445, 452
citation_a.parenthetical: holding Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11 motion in abeyance pending resolution of a bankruptcy proceeding
citation_a.sentence: Cf. Wolgast v. Richards, 463 B.R. 445, 452 (E.D.Mich.2012) (holding Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11 motion in abeyance pending resolution of a bankruptcy proceeding).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 883 F.Supp.2d 627, 633
citation_b.parenthetical: holding cross-motions for summary judgment in abeyance, conducting a four-day eviden-tiary hearing, and then disposing of the motions
citation_b.sentence: See, e.g., Davis v. Grimes, 64 F.Supp.3d 268, 270-71 (D.Mass.2014) (holding summary judgment motions in abeyance for possible evidentia-ry hearing); Ohio Valley Envtl. Coal., Inc. v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 883 F.Supp.2d 627, 633 (S.D.W.Va.2012) (holding cross-motions for summary judgment in abeyance, conducting a four-day eviden-tiary hearing, and then disposing of the motions), aff'd, 716 F.3d 119 (4th Cir.2013); Vehicle Mkt. Research, Inc. v. Mitchell Int’l, Inc., No. 09-2518-JAR, 2012 WL 5512340, at *1 (D.Kan. Nov. 14, 2012) (holding evidentiary hearing on defense of judicial estoppel after parties filed cross-motions for summary judgment); Flamand v. Am. Int’l Grp., Inc., 876 F.Supp. 356, 366 (D.P.R.1994) (holding portions of summary judgment motion in abeyance pending an evidentiary hearing); S. Indus. Realty, Inc. v. Noe, 628 F.Supp. 92, 93 (D.P.R.1986) (“[T]he Court held in abeyance its decision on the FDIC’s cross-motion for summary judgment pending an evidentiary hearing on the limited issue of actual knowledge of fraud.”), aff'd, 814 F.2d 1 (1st Cir.1987); Klanseck v. Prudential Ins. Co. of Am., 509 F.Supp. 13, 17 (E.D.Mich.1980) (“[T]he Court has reached the conclusion that the determination of Defendant’s Motion For Summary Judgment requires an evidentiary hearing to adduce evidence in support of the ... defense relied on by defendant.”); Mahaska State Bank v. Weiler (In re Weiler), Adv.