Alvin Jones v. Dennis A. Baker

GILMAN, J. (pp. 813-817), delivered a separate concurring opinion.

OPINION

MERRITT, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Alvin Jones appeals a district court order granting summary judgment for defendants in his prisoner’s civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Specifically, plaintiff alleges that his segregation from the general prison population for an excessive period of time involves the deprivation of a state-created liberty interest without due process in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

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Plaintiff is currently an inmate at the…