What is a prisoner's right to exercise his right to appeal against his sentence?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Wilkerson v. Peete, 103 F.3d 143 (9th Cir. 1996):
A prisoner has no federal or state protected liberty interest in due process when his sentence has not been increased and the sanction imposed is not "atypical and significant" in relation to the ordinary incidents of prison life. See Sandin v. Conner, 115 S.Ct. 2293, 2300-02 (1995). 2
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