The following excerpt is from Thao v. Dickinson, No. CIV S-11-2235 GGH P (E.D. Cal. 2011):
It is well established that prisoners do not have a due process right to confinement in a particular prison facility or to a particular level of confinement. See, e.g., Meachum v. Fano, 427 U.S. 215, 224, 96 S.Ct. 2532, 49 L.Ed.2d 451 (1976) (rejecting state prisoner's due process challenge of a transfer to a higher level security prison).
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