Hines v. Fabian

OPINION

LARKIN, Judge.

Appellant challenges the district court’s award of summary judgment in respondents’ favor, arguing that the district court erred by concluding that appellant did not have a protected liberty interest in remaining in the Challenge Incarceration Program and was not entitled to procedural due process before termination from the program. We affirm.

FACTS

The Challenge Incarceration Program (CIP) was created by the legislature in 1992. See 1992 Minn. Laws ch. 571, § 5, at 17. The Minnesota Commissioner of Corrections (commissioner) has discretion to “select offenders who meet…