Whether the court of appeals erred in affirming the district court's grant of summary judgment to the defendant on the plaintiff's claims of civil rights violations based on the court's application of the plain error standard of review and its finding that the defendant did not act with willful blindness or abuse its discretion in the proceedings below, where the court's rulings undermined the fairness and integrity of the judicial process and the ends of justice were not served

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED . Plain Error; Summary Judgment; Willful Blindness; Abuse of Discretion; Fairness; Integrity and Public Reputation of Judicial Proceedings; Ends of Justice.