Does the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment apply to a prisoner's right to visitation?

The Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment does not independently create a prisoner's right to visitation. Kentucky Dep't of Corrections v. Thompson, 490 U.S. 454, 461 (1989). If state law places substantive limits on official discretion in denying visitation, however, it may create a liberty interest in visitation enforceable under the Fourteenth Amendment. See Mendoza v. Blodgett, 960 F.2d 1425, 1432-33 (9th Cir.1992), cert. denied, 113 S.Ct. 1005, and cert. denied, 113 S.Ct. 1027 (1993).