Moreover, our independent review of the record demonstrates that the district court properly dismissed appellant's complaint as to each of the nine defendants. 2 We therefore ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.

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2Although appellant argued in his opposition to respondents' motion to dismiss that he had satisfied the $10,000 jurisdictional threshold by requesting punitive damages, appellant would not have been entitled to such damages. See NRS 41.035(1).

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