Hiawatha Nash v. Lee Roy Black, David Blackwell, Dale Riley, Gerald T. Frey, Donna Kay Brown and Mike Curran

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• reversing § 1915(d) (now § 1915(e)) dismissal where inmate-plaintiff simply alleged discrimination where similarly situated inmates received furloughs while plaintiff did not
• Missouri statutes providing that inmate \may\ be transferred from one facility to another and that inmate “may” be furloughed confers no protected liberty interest in transfer or furlough
• Missouri statutes providing that inmate \may\ be transferred from one facility to another and that inmate \may\ be furloughed confers no protected liberty interest in transfer or furlough
• The constitutional purpose of the Due Process Clause is to “protect a substantive interest to which the individual has a legitimate claim of entitlement.”
• Prisoner failed to establish liberty interest in furlough or transfer where he presented no statute, regulation, or policy pronouncement that required prison officials to grant requests for furlough or transfer upon the prisoner's fulfillment of specified criteria.
• Prisoner failed to establish liberty interest in furlough or transfer where he presented no statute, regulation, or policy pronouncement that required prison officials to grant requests for furlough or transfer upon the prisoner’s fulfillment of specified criteria.

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