1. Does a circuit court of appeals' appellate review of the grant of a federal summary judgment under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56 require the appellate court to review the evidence considered by the trial judge on a motion for reconsideration?

2. In reviewing the grant of a federal summary judgment under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56, does the circuit court of appeals have authority, in applying Rule 56 to a particular case, to go outside the record and conduct independent medical research to determine a party's entitlement to judgment as a matter of law?

3. Whether the Eleventh Circuit opinion reflects a clear misapprehension of the federal summary judgment standard in light of prior supreme court precedent, effectively denying a litigant his constitutional right to jury trial?

Whether a circuit court must review evidence considered on a motion for reconsideration when reviewing a grant of summary judgment