Does an inmate have a right to be confined in, or transferred to, any particular prison?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Linder v. Ives, No. CIV S-10-0941 GGH P (E.D. Cal. 2012):
However, respondent is correct that an inmate does not have a right to be confined in, or transferred to, any particular prison. Answer, p. 5, citing, inter alia, Olim v. Wakinekona,
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