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__ __ __ __ __ __ Befo re LOKEN, BYE, an d KELLY, Circ ui t J ud ge s.

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Ark an sa s in m at e Andrew Deo n Mc E w ing ap pe al s the dis trict co urt’s di sm is sa l 1 of hi s 42 U.S.C. § 19 83 act io n fo ll owi ng an ev id en ti ary he ari ng

. W e ag ree with th e di st ric t co urt th at McEwi ng fai le d to es tabl is h Eig ht h Am en dm en t vi ol at io ns –e it he r th e us e of ex ces si ve fo rce or de li be rat e in di ffer en ce to hi s se rio us m ed ic al ne ed s–by th e Ark an sa s Dep artm en t of Co rrec ti on de fen da nt s. See Jo hn so n v. Bi -St at e Ju st ic e Ctr., 12 F.3 d 13 3, 13 5- 36 (8 th C i r

. 1 9 9 3 ) (wh ere bo th si de s pr es en t ev id en ce in

ev id en ti ary he ari ng so th at pr oc edur e res em bl es su m m ary jud gm en t m ot io n with li ve
ev i d e n c e , s t a nd ard is whe th er ev id en ce is so on e-s id ed th at on e pa rty pr ev ai ls as
m at te r of la w, or pr es en ts su ffi ci en t di sa gr eem en t to requi re subm is si on to jury). In M c Ew in g’s op en in g br ie f, he do es no t ch al le ng e th e di sm is sa l of nu rs es Newt o n ,

The Hon or ab le D.P. Mar sh al l, Jr ., Uni te d St at es Dis tri ct Ju dg e fo r th e East ern 1 Dis tri ct of Ark an sa s, ad op ti ng th e rep ort an d reco m m en da ti on s of th e Hon or ab le Jo e J. Vo lp e, Uni te d S ta te s M ag is tra te Ju dg e fo r th e Eas te rnDis tri ctof Ark an sa s. -2

-S. By ers , an d Gen e Abl es fo r fai lu re to ex haus t a d mi n i st rat iv e rem ed ie s, an d we

de cl in e to co ns id er th e ch al le ng e to th ei r di sm is sa ls th at he rai se s fo r th e fir st ti m e in hi s re pl y bri ef. See Mart in v. Am

. Airl in es , 39 0 F.3d60 1, 6 08 n.4 (8th C ir. 2 00 4)

. 2 The jud gm en t o f th e d is tri ctco urt i s af firm ed . See 8 th Cir . R. 47 B.

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McEwi ng ha s ab an do ne d so m e cl ai m s an d is su es

. See Hes s v. Abl es , 71 4 F.3 d 2 10 48 , 10 51 n.2 (8 th Ci r. 20 13 ) (cl ai m waiv ed whe re ap pe ll an t fai le d to br ie f co urt on why di sm is sa l was im

pr op er); Ro ts ko ff v
. C o ol ey , 43 8 F.3 d 85 2, 85 4- 55 (8 th Ci r. 20 06 ) (u nd ev el op edis su e is waiv ed ).
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