Jones v. Moore

FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Willie Jones challenges the district court’s1 grant of summary judgment denying his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim that he had a liberty interest in being afforded an opportunity to participate, in the Missouri Sexual Offenders Program (“MOSOP”). We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

In September 1982, Jones was sentenced to three concurrent terms of 15 years for the crimes of first degree robbery, first degree burglary and forcible rape. Jones was first housed at the Missouri Training Center for Men, a level IV security facility. In. 1984, after being found guilty of attempted…