Camarena

MEMORANDUM

Hector Camarena, a Federal prisoner, appeals pro se the district court’s dismissal of his Bivens action challenging his classification status with prejudice for failure to state a claim. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo, see Barnett v. Centoni, 31 F.3d 813, 816 (9th Cir.1994) (per curiam), and we affirm.

Because Camarena does not have a constitutionally protected interest in his classification status in the federal prison system, the district court did not err by dismissing his action for failure to state a claim. See Butz v. Economou, 438 U.S. 478, 486 , 98 S.Ct. 2894 , 57 L.Ed.2d 895 (1978) (describing the nature of a Bivens action); see also Moody v. Daggett, 429 U.S. 78 , 88 n. 9, 97 S.Ct. 274 , 50 L.Ed.2d 236 (1976) (stating that federal prisoners have no legitimate statutory or constitutional interest in classification status). Insofar as Camarena argues on appeal that his classification status amounted to a significant and atypical deprivation giving rise to a liberty interest, we reject his contention. See Sandin v. Conner, 515 U.S. 472, 483-84 , 115 S.Ct. 2293 , 132 L.Ed.2d 418 (1995); Keenan v. Hall, 83 F.3d 1083, 1092…