Colvin McCright v. Robert Borg James H. Gomez Attorney General of the State of California

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78 F.3d 593·1996 WL 95033·1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 13623
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitMarch 5, 199695-16653California332 words

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Opinion

78 F.3d 593 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Colvin McCRIGHT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Robert BORG; James H. Gomez; Attorney General of the State of California, Defendants-Appellees. No. 95-16653. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Feb. 27, 1996. * Decided March 5, 1996. Before: PREGERSON, CANBY and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Colvin McCright, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se the district court's summary judgment dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm. 3 McCright contends that his transfer from Folsom State Prison to Pelican Bay State Prison violated his liberty interest under the Due Process Clause to be incarcerated in a prison near his home in San Francisco. McCright's intrastate prison transfer does not "present the type of atypical, significant deprivation in which a state might conceivably create a liberty interest." See Sandin…

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