Perales

Perales v. Hickman

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308 F. App'x 219
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitJanuary 15, 2009No. 07-16716California258 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

*220 MEMORANDUM **

Eddie Perales, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C § 1983 action alleging violations of his due process rights under the Fourteenth Amendment. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo, Cervantes v. United States, 330 F.3d 1186, 1187 (9th Cir.2003), and we affirm.

The district court properly dismissed the action because, liberally construed, Perales’s complaint did not allege facts to show that the defendants deprived him of a constitutional or federal right. See Moody v. Daggett, 429 U.S. 78 , 88 n. 9, 97 S.Ct. 274 , 50 L.Ed.2d 236 (1976) (noting that prison officials’ exercise of discretion to assign a security classification to an inmate does not implicate an inmate’s liberty interest); Myron v. Terhune, 476 F.3d 716, 718 (9th Cir.2007) (rejecting due process claim where there was “no showing that the state’s classification of [inmate would] invariably affect the duration of his sentence.”); Lopez v. Dep’t of Health Servs., 939 F.2d 881, 883 (9th Cir.1991) (setting forth elements of § 1983 claim).

The district court did not abuse its discretion by denying Perales…

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