Floyd L. Roberson v. Hayti Police Department Paul Sheckell, Lt. Chris Riggs

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• holding that verified complaint may be considered as summary- judgment evidence
• stating that delay of eleven months did not justify denial of leave to amend
• explaining that a plaintiff’s verified complaint is the equivalent of an affidavit for the purposes of summary judgment and a complaint signed and dated under penalty of perjury constitutes a verified complaint
• treating allegations in a verified complaint as “the equivalent of an affidavit for purposes of summary judgment” (citing 28 U.S.C. § 1746)
• noting “liberal amendment policy of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(a)”; burden of proof of prejudice is on party opposing amendment
• reversing grant of unopposed motion for summary judgment where the plaintiff’s “statements in the [verified] complaint were sufficient to create a genuine fact issue sufficient to survive the . . . motion”

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