The following excerpt is from Nible v. Fink, Case No.: 3:16-cv-02849-BAS (PCL) (S.D. Cal. 2017):
Cousins v. Lockyer, 568 F.3d 1063, 1070 (9th Cir. 2009) ("[S]tate departmental regulations do not establish a federal constitutional violation.") (emphasis in original).4
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