Gotcher

Gotcher v. Morgan

Good Law
36 F. App'x 627
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitJune 13, 2002No. 01-25635; D.C. No. CV-01-05023California271 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Norman Gotcher, Jr., a Washington state prisoner, appeals pro se the district court’s judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging various constitutional violations in connection with his placement in administrative segregation. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo, Barnett v. Centoni 31 F.3d 813, 816 (9th Cir.1994) (per curiam), and affirm.

Because Gotcher does not have a liberty interest in avoiding placement in administrative segregation, the district court prop *628 erly dismissed his due process claims with prejudice. See May v. Baldwin, 109 F.3d 557, 565 (9th Cir.1997). Moreover, because Gotcher was disciplined with the revocation of good-time credits and did not demonstrate that this discipline had been vitiated by a state-court proceeding, the district court properly dismissed these claims. See Edwards v. Balisok, 520 U.S. 641, 646-47 , 117 S.Ct. 1584 , 137 L.Ed.2d 906 (1997).

We also affirm the district court’s dismissal with prejudice of Gotcher’s access-to-the-courts claims. See Lewis v. Casey, 518 U.S. 343, 354-55 , 116 S.Ct. 2174 , 135 L.Ed.2d 606 (1996).

Finally, because Gotcher admitted in his objections…

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