context: The burden of demonstrating the absence of any genuine issue of material fact is on the party moving for summary judgment.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 408 F.3d 1369, 1371
citation_a.parenthetical: "The moving party bears the burden of demonstrating the absence of a genuine issue of material fact."
citation_a.sentence: See Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, 477 U.S. 317, 325, 106 S.Ct. 2548, 91 L.Ed.2d 265 (1986) (holding the moving party must meet its burden “by ‘showing’ — that is pointing out to the [trial court] that there is an absence of evidence to support the nonmoving party’s case.”); see also Riley & Ephriam Constr. Co., Inc., 408 F.3d 1369, 1371 (Fed.Cir.2005) (“The moving party bears the burden of demonstrating the absence of a genuine issue of material fact.”).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.parenthetical: holding the moving party must meet its burden "by 'showing' -- that is pointing out to the [trial court] that there is an absence of evidence to support the nonmoving party's case."
citation_b.sentence: See Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, 477 U.S. 317, 325, 106 S.Ct. 2548, 91 L.Ed.2d 265 (1986) (holding the moving party must meet its burden “by ‘showing’ — that is pointing out to the [trial court] that there is an absence of evidence to support the nonmoving party’s case.”); see also Riley & Ephriam Constr. Co., Inc., 408 F.3d 1369, 1371 (Fed.Cir.2005) (“The moving party bears the burden of demonstrating the absence of a genuine issue of material fact.”).