Synnex Corporation v. Axis Insurance Company

Facts in Support of its Motion for Summary Judgment includes boilerplate objections without any argument as to why a particular objection applies. (Dkt. No. 90, 96.) A party who asserts that a 15 fact is genuinely disputed must support the assertion with evidence and argument. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(c)(1). Axis cannot avoid summary judgment by asserting generalized evidentiary 16 objections to each of Synnex’s proposed facts, without providing argument as to why the objection is valid or proffering evidence that creates a dispute of fact. Conclusory assertions that a fact is in 17 dispute without support are not credited. See Seaman v. Pyramid Technologies, Inc., No. SACV 10-00070 DOC (RNBx), 2011 WL 5508971, *5 (C.D. Cal. Nov. 7, 2011) (“The party opposing a 18 summary judgment motion cannot simply rely on seemingly baseless assertions and expect the Court to search for facts that may or may not support those conclusory arguments”); see also 19 Forsberg v. Pac. Nw. Bell Tel. Co., 840 F.2d 1409, 1418 (9th Cir. 1988) (“The district judge is not required to comb the record to find some reason to deny a motion for summary judgment”). 20 Defendant’s purported “objections” are…