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f e r e nc e of opi ni on be tw e e n apr i s one r - pa t i e nta nd pr i s on m edi ca l autho ri t i es re gardi ng tre atm entdo es no tgi ve ri se t o a § 1 98 3 cl ai m . ”) . T h e d i stri ctco u rtd i dn o tab u se i t s d i scret i o n i n ad m i tt i n g th e d efen d an t s’ e x p e rt te s tim o n y . Se e FarO ut P r od. , I nc . v . O s kar , 24 7 F . 3d 98 6, 99 7 (9th C i r. 2001) ( apa rtym a ynotde f e a ts um m a ryj udgm e ntbyque s t i oni ng the c r e di bi l i tyof aw itn e s s ) ; Se m e nt i l l iv . T r i ni dad C or

p. , 155 F . 3d 1130, 1134- 35 ( 9th C i r . 1998) ( m e di c a l doc t or ’ s t e s t i m onyba s e d on the doc t or ’ s e xpe r i e nc e a nd r e vi e w of m e di c a l r e c or ds i s a dm i s s i bl e e ve n though doc t ordi d notphy s i c a l l ye xa m i ne pat i ent ).08- 56055 3 C o n tr a ryto C lin to n ’s c o n te n tio n , th e d e f e n d a n ts d idn o t w a iv e th e ir obj ec t i on s t o the adm i ss i bi l i ty of C l i nt on ’ s e vi dence because they t i m el y obj ec t ed to th e e v id e n c e h e s u b m itte din o p p o s itio n to s u m m a ryju d g m e n t. See F e d. R . C i v. P . 56 (c )( 2). C lin to n w a s n o t e n title dto a d d itio n a l d is c o v e ryb e c au s e h e f a ile dto d e m o n s tr a te h o w th e f

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