Meachum v. Fano

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• no liberty interest protected by the Due Process 19 Clause is implicated in a prison's reclassification and transfer decisions
• placement of prisoners within the prison system is among the 16 “wide spectrum of discretionary actions that traditionally have been the business of prison 17 administrators rather than of the federal courts”
• Due Process Clause does not impose a rule mandating transfer hearings

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