The following excerpt is from Sousa v. Wegman, CASE No. 1:11-cv-01754-MJS (PC) (E.D. Cal. 2012):
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). Plaintiff has not alleged any facts that would support a claim that he was deprived of a protected interest without procedural due process.
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