Does a minimum security inmate have a constitutionally-based liberty interest in being assigned to or remaining in the minimum security facility?
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The following excerpt is from Horton v. Chernetsky, 844 F.2d 792 (9th Cir. 1988):
An inmate has no constitutionally-based liberty interest in being assigned to or remaining in a minimum-security prison facility. See Oil v. Wakinekona, 461 U.S. 238, 244-245 (1983); Meachum v. Fano, 427 U.S. 215, 224-25 (1976).
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