Lopez-Medina v. United States

How later courts describe this case

• district attorney’s comments that the defendants carved the victim up “like a cheap piece of tenderloin” merely summarized trial evidence with permissible oratorical flair
• a summary judgment motion will not be defeated on the basis of conjecture or surmise
• administrative delay in scheduling a medical procedure caused by negligence does not constitute deliberate indifference
• summary judgment motion “will not be defeated merely ... on the basis of conjecture or surmise”
• motion for summary judgment will not be denied on conjecture or assumptions