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# FI LED JAN 02 2 013 M OLLY C. DW Y ER, CLERK U . S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS11- 16057 2 m e di c a l ne e ds . W e ha ve j ur i s di c t i on unde r28 U . S . C . § 1291. W e r e vi e w de novo th e d is tr ic t c o u rt’s d e c is io n to d is m is s u n d e r2 8 U .S .C . § 1 9 1 5 A , R es ni ck v. H ayes , 2 1 3 F .3 d 4 4 3 , 4 4 7 (9 th C ir. 2 0 0 0 ), an d fo r a n ab u se o f d iscr etio n th e d istrict co u rt’s d e c is io n s r e g a r d in g tr ia l e v id e n c e a n d c lo s in g a r g u m e n ts , Un i te d S ta te s v . W. R. G race , 5 0 4 F .3 d 7 4 5 , 7 5 9 ( 9 th C ir . 2 0 0 7 ) ( e v id e n tia ryru lin g s ) ; U ni ted Stat es v. S p illo n e, 8 7 9 F .2 d 5 1 4 , 5 1 8 ( 9 th C ir . 1 9 8 9 ) ( c o n tr o l o f c lo s in g a r g u m e n ts ) . W e a f f i rm. T he di s tr i c tc ourtpr ope r l y di s m i s s e d C oope r ’ s c l a i m s a ga i ns tO l i va s a nd R og el because C oo per f ai l ed t o al l ege thei r per sonal part i ci pat i on i n the cl ai m ed d e p r iv a tio n s o f

h is E ig h th A m e n d m e n t r ig h ts . See T a ylo r v. L ist , 880 F . 2d 1040, 1045 ( 9th C i r . 1989) ( “ A s upe rvi s ori s onl yl i abl e f orc ons t i tut i ona l vi ol a t i ons of hi s s ub ordi nat es i f the supervi sor part i ci pat ed i n o r di re ct ed the vi ol at i on s, or kn ew of the vi ol at i on s and fa i l ed t o actt o p re ventthem . ”) . T he di stri ctcourtdi d n otabuse i t s di sc re t i on i n p erm i tt i ng D i on and R og el t o t e s t i f y c onc e rni ng the c ont e nt s of the vi de ot ape be c aus e C oope rope ne d the door to th e te s tim o n y b y a s k in g D io n w h e th e rh e h a d v ie w e d th e v id e o tap e . See Mu kh ta r v. Ca l. S ta te U n i v. , H a yw a rd , 299 F . 3d 1053, 1063 n. 6 ( 9th C i r . 2002) ( i nvi t e d e rr oroc c ur s w he n the appe l l a ntope ns the doort o obj e c t i onabl e t e s t i m ony by i ntrodu ci ng i t ).11- 16057 3 T h e d istrict co u rt d idn o t ab u se it s d iscr etio n w h en itd en ied C o o p er ’s r e que s tf oras i t e vi s i t , pe rm i tt e d P a ga l at o dr a w f orthe j urythe a r e aw he r e the in c id e n t o c c u rr e d , o rlim ite d C o o p e r ’s c lo s in g a r g u m e n t. See W . R . G race , 504 F . 3d at75 9 (tri al courthas broad di sc re t i on i n d ec i di ng evi dent i ary rul i ng s) ; S p illo n e, 879 F . 2d a t518 ( tr i a l c ourtha s br oa d di s c r e t i on i n c ontr ol l i ng c l os i ng ar gu m ent s) . T o the ext entthatC oo per s ee ks t o chal l enge the suff i ci encyof the evi dence t o s upportthe j ury ve r di c t , he f or f e i t e d the r i ghtt o do s o byf a i l i ng t o f

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