The following excerpt is from United States v. Ford, No. 1:17-cv-00187-DAD-EPG (E.D. Cal. 2018):
Finally, defendant alleges that the government has falsified digital and paper records throughout the course of this civil action. (Doc. No. 44 at 5-11.) Defendant's conclusory allegations in this regard are wholly unsupported by specific facts or any evidence and are therefore insufficient to create a triable issue of fact precluding summary judgment. See Taylor v. List, 880 F.2d 1040, 1045 (9th Cir. 1989) ("A summary judgment motion cannot be defeated by relying solely on conclusory allegations unsupported by factual data.").
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