Bowen v. Warden of Nevada State Prison

OPINION

Inmate Wayne L. Bowen appeals from an order of the district court dismissing his post-conviction petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The petition challenged the constitutionality of a prison disciplinary proceeding which resulted in Bowen’s being removed from the general prison population and placed in punitive segregation. The district court dismissed the petition on the ground that the challenge to punitive segregation spoke only to the conditions and not the validity of Bowen’s confinement, and thus did not raise a claim for relief cognizable on habeas corpus. We agree and affirm.

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