Christopher

ORDER

On April 22, 1996, the court granted summary judgment in favor of defendant on all of plaintiffs’ claims except the claim that the Secretary of State illegally “usurped” the authority of the consular officials in Cuba by unduly influencing those officials in their decision to deny visas to certain members of Grupo Mezcla. The court allowed further discovery on this issue and directed the parties to file further motions for summary judgment no later than July 19,1996. Oppositions to these motions for summary judgment were due no later than July 26, 1996.

On July 19,1996, defendants renewed their motion for summary judgment. Plaintiffs have not conducted discovery, filed a motion for summary judgment or filed an opposition to defendants’ motion. For the reasons stated below, defendants’ motion for summary judgment is GRANTED.

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Summary judgment is a method for the prompt disposition of an action in which there is no genuine issue of material fact. FRCP 56(c) provides for the granting of summary judgment where the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law. The burden of establishing that there is no genuine issue of material fact lies with the moving…