The following excerpt is from Bolds v. Cavazos, 1:12-cv-01754-GSA-PC (E.D. Cal. 2014):
The Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment protects prisoners from being deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law. Wolff v. McDonnell, 418 U.S. 539, 556 (1974). In order to state a cause of action for deprivation of procedural due process, a plaintiff must first establish the existence of an interest for which the protection is sought.
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