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· 3/31/2014

Brooks v. Clinton

Citations

  • 37 F. Supp. 3d 187
  • 88 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 42
  • 2014 WL 1285948
  • 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 43439

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • noting that, standing alone, “self-serving testimony does not create genuine issues of material fact”
  • considering as relevant to the “substantial justification” inquiry whether plaintiff sought leave of 8 court to file a late witness declaration
  • citing, e.g., Gleklen v. Democratic Cong. Campaign Comm., Inc., 199 F.3d 1365, 1369 (D.C. Cir. 2000)
  • non-mov-ant “cannot defeat a summary judgment motion on the basis of such self-serving testimony alone.”
  • “when a ‘declaration is self-serving and uncorroborated’ it is ‘of little value at the summary judgment stage’ ”

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Judges: Judge Beryl A. Howell

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