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ar t i n MotorC o. , 374 F . 3d 797, 800 ( 9th C i r . 2004) ( l a c ko f p e r s o n a l j u r i s d i c t i o n ) . W e a f f i rm. T he di stri ctcourtprop er l y det erm i ned thatthe F eder al T ortC l ai m s A ct (“ F T C A ”) go verns F l et cher ’ s t ortcl ai m s a gai nstthe fe dera l defe nd ant s, subst i tut ed the U ni t ed S t at es as defe nd ant , and d i sm i ss ed these cl ai m s bec ause F l et cherfa i l ed to f ile a n a d m in is tr a tiv e c la im b e f o r e f ilin g s u it. See O sborn v. H al ey , 5 4 9 U . S. 225, 229- 30 ( 2007) ( w he r e f e de r a l e m pl oy e e i s s ue d f orw r ongf

ul orne gl i ge nt c onduc ta nd U . S . A tt orne yG e ne r a l c e rt i f i e s tha te m pl oy e e w a s a c t i ng w i thi n s c ope of em pl oym ent , U ni t ed S t at es i s s ub st i tut ed as defe nd ant , and l i t i gat i on becom es g o v e rn e db yF T C A ) ; B rady v. U ni ted States , 211 F . 3d 499, 502 ( 9th C i r . 2000) ( r e q u ir e m e n t th a t p a rtyf ile a d m in is tr a tiv e c la im b e f o r e f ilin g a c tio n u n d e rF T C A is j u ri sd i ct i o n al ). C o n trary t o F l et ch er’ s co n t en t i o n s, th e d i stri ctco u rtd i dn o tab u se i t s di s c r e t i on i n de c l i ni ng t o hol d a n e vi de nt i a ryhe a r i ng be c aus e “ the c e rt i f i c a t i on, the pl e a di ngs , the a f

f i da vi t s , a nd . . . s upport i ng doc um e nt a rye vi de nc e d[ i d] not re veal an i ss ue of m at er i al fa ct . ” Kas hi n v . Ke nt , 45 7 F . 3d 10 33 , 10 43 (9th C i r.10- 56328 3 2006) ( c i t a t i on a nd i nt e rna l quot a t i on m a rks om i tt e d) ( r e vi e w i ng f ora n abus e of d is c r e tio n ) . T h e d i stri ctco u rtp ro p erl y d i sm i ssed F l et ch er’ s co n st i tu t i o n al cl ai m s ag ai n st the fe dera l j ud ge defendant s f or l ac k o f per sonal j uri sdi ct i on because F l et cher fa i l ed t o est abl i sh thatei ther genera l or spec i fi c per sonal j uri sdi ct i on exi st ed ov er th e m . See Schw arze negg er , 37 4 F . 3d at80 0-03 (di sc ussi ng re qu i re m ent s f or a di stri ctcourtsi tt i ng i n C al i forni a t o exerci se pers on al j uri sdi ct i on ov era n o n r e s id e n t d e f

e n d a n t) . C o n tr a ryto F le tc h e r ’s c o n te n tio n s , th e f e d e r a l d e f

e n d a n ts d idn o t w a iv e th e irp e r s o n a l ju r is d ic tio n d e f e n s e . Se e A m . A s s ’ n o

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a yh u rst , 227 F . 3d 1104, 1106- 07 ( 9th C i r . 2000) ( di s c us s i ng c ir c u m s ta n c e s in w h ic h p e r s o n a l ju r is d ic tio n d e f e n s e is w a iv e d ) . T h e d is tr ic t c o u rt p r o p e r lyd is m is s e dF le tc h e r ’s b r e a c h o f c o n tr a c t c la im agai nstthe fe dera l defe nd ant s f or l ac k o f j uri sdi ct i on i n l i gh tof the dam ages s o u g h t in th e o p e r a tiv e c o m p la in t. See H ew i t t v. G rabi cki , 794 F . 2d 1373, 1382 (9th C i r. 19 86 ) ( “ T he T ucker A ct. . . grant s e xcl usi ve j uri sdi ct i on of contra ct c la im s a g a in s t th e g o v e rn m e n t f o ro v e r$ 1 0 ,0 0 0 to th e C la im s C o u rt.” ) . T he di stri ctcourtprop er l y di sm i ss ed F l et cher ’ s c l ai m s a gai nstthe M i ss ou ri st at e def endant s bec ause F l et cheri m perm i ss i bl y s ou gh tt o o verturn the M i ss ou ri S u p r e m e C o u rt’s d is c ip lin a rya c tio n s a g a in s t h im . See D . C . C ou rt of App eal s v .10- 56328 4 Fe ldm an , 460 U . S . 462, 482 n. 16 ( 1983) ( “ ‘ [ O ] r de r s of as t a t e c ourtr e l a t i ng t o the a d m is s io n , d is c ip lin e , a n dd is b a rm e n t o f m e m b e r s o f

its b a rm a yb e r e v ie w e do n ly bythe S upr e m e C ourtof the U ni t e d S t a t e s on c e rt i or a r i t o the s t a t e c ourt , a nd not bym e a ns of

a n or i gi na l a c t i on i n al ow e rf e de r a l c ourt . ’ ” ( quot i ng M acKay v. N e s b e tt , 41 2 F . 2d 84 6, 84 6 (9th C i r. 19 69 ) ( per c uri am )) (a l t er at i on i n o ri gi nal )) ; Mo th ersh ed

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f th e Su p rem e C o u rt , 410 F . 3d 602, 607 ( 9th C i r . 2005) ( d i s tr i c tc o u rtl a c k e ds u b j e c tma tt e rj u r i s d i c t i o n t o r e v i e w p l a i n t i f f’ s O k l a h o ma st at e bardi sc i pl i naryproceedi ng s) . W e do n otconsi der m att er s notspec i fi ca l l y and di st i nct l y r ai se d and ar gu ed in th e o p e n in g b r ie f

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v . W r i ght , 587 F . 3d 983, 985 n. 2 ( 9th C i r . 2009) (percuri am ). F l et cher ’ s r em ai ni ng cont ent i on s are un pers uasi ve. AF F I RME D.