The following excerpt is from Ornelas v. Dickinson, CASE NO. 1:12-cv-0499-MJS (PC) (E.D. Cal. 2012):
(1983). Liberty interests created by state law are generally limited to freedom from restraint which "imposes atypical and significant hardship on the inmate in relation to the ordinary incidents of prison life." Sandin v. Conner, 515 U.S. 472, 484 (1995).
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