Larry Odoms v. Robert Borg

9 F.3d 1552 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Larry ODOMS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Robert BORG, Defendant-Appellee. No. 92-15795. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Sept. 24, 1993. * Decided Nov. 1, 1993. Before: CHOY, GOODWIN, and SKOPIL, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 California state prisoner Larry Odoms appeals pro se the district court's dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action for failure to state a claim pursuant to Federal Rule Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). Odoms claims that the prison officials' suspension of his overnight family visitation privilege denied him due process of law, put him twice in jeopardy for the same offense and inflicted cruel and unusual punishment. 3 The Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment does not independently create a prisoner's right to visitation. Kentucky Dep't of Corrections v. Thompson, 490 U.S. 454, 461 (1989). If state law places substantive limits on official discretion in denying…