It is well settled that “only admissible evidence may be considered in ruling on a motion for summary judgment.” Beyene v. Coleman Sec. Servs., Inc., 854 F.2d 1179, 1182 (9th Cir.1988). Pursuant to Rule 56(e), affidavits “shall be made on personal knowledge, shall set forth such facts as would be admissible in evidence, and shall show affirmatively that the affi-ant is competent to testify to the matters stated therein.” See also Block v. City of Los Angeles, 253 F.3d 410, 419 (9th Cir.2001). Since Rule 56(e) is clear in requiring that supporting and opposing affidavits must be based on personal knowledge, the Ninth Circuit has recognized that an affidavit made upon information and belief does not comply with Rule 56(e). Bank Melli Iran v. Pahlavi, 58 F.3d 1406, 1412 (9th Cir.1995) (<HOLDING>); Columbia Pictures Indus., Inc. v.
recognizing that declarations on information and belief are not entitled weight for summary judgment proceedings where the declarant lacks personal knowledge holding that the affidavit in question did not satisfy the burden of the party moving for summary judgment where affiants eonclusory statement failed to indicate personal knowledge of the circumstances in question and personal knowledge could not be reasonably inferred from the contents of the affidavit holding that plaintiffs may plead on information and belief if matters are not within their personal knowledge holding that it was an abuse of discretion for the district court at the summary judgment stage to consider information from an affidavit based on inadmissible hearsay rather than the affiants personal knowledge holding that summary judgment is not appropriate where matters of credibility and determining the weight of the evidence exist