Court Opinion

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United States Court of Appeals
                         FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
                                ___________

                                No. 05-1048
                                ___________

Crescenciano Pena,                  *
                                    *
            Appellant,              *
                                    * Appeal from the United States
      v.                            * District Court for the
                                    * District of Minnesota.
Dr. David Eduardy; Warden, FMC      *
Rochester,                          * [UNPUBLISHED]
                                    *
            Appellees.              *
                               ___________

                           Submitted: January 6, 2006
                              Filed: January 20, 2006
                               ___________

Before BYE, McMILLIAN1, and RILEY, Circuit Judges.
                             ___________

PER CURIAM.

      1
       The Honorable Theodore McMillian died January 18, 2006. This opinion is
being filed by the remaining judges of the panel pursuant to 8th Cir. Rule 47E.
        Federal inmate Crescenciano Pena appeals the district court’s2 adverse grant of
summary judgment in his Bivens3 action. We review de novo the grant of summary
judgment, drawing all inferences in favor of Pena. See Jolly v. Knudsen, 205 F.3d
1094, 1096 (8th Cir. 2000). Having done so, we agree with the district court that the
summary judgment record revealed no Eighth Amendment violation. See Pool v.
Sebastian County, Ark., 418 F.3d 934, 942 (8th Cir. 2005) (prisoner must show more
than even gross negligence, and mere disagreement with treatment decisions does not
rise to level of constitutional violation); Long v Nix, 86 F.3d 761, 765 (8th Cir. 1996)
(inmates do not have constitutional right to particular type of treatment; nothing in
Eighth Amendment prevents prison physicians from exercising independent medical
judgment).

       We decline to consider whether the district court properly determined that
Warden Constance Reece was not properly served, because Pena has not challenged
that determination. See Primary Care Investors, Seven, Inc. v. PHP Healthcare Corp.,
986 F.2d 1208, 1212 (8th Cir. 1993). We also decline to consider Pena’s newly raised
claim that he suffered substantive due process violations. See Stone v. Harry, 364
F.3d 912, 914 (8th Cir. 2004) (claims not presented to district court may not be
advanced on appeal).

      Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
                     ______________________________

      2
      The Honorable Paul A. Magnuson, United States District Judge for the District
of Minnesota, adopting the report and recommendations of the Honorable Susan
Richard Nelson, United States Magistrate Judge for the District of Minnesota.
      3
       Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Fed. Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S.
388 (1971).

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