The following excerpt is from Mwasi v. Corcoran State Prison, Case: 1:13-cv-00695-DAD-JLT (PC) (E.D. Cal. 2016):
The Due Process Clause also protects prisoners from being deprived of liberty without due process of law. Wolff v. McDonnell, 418 U.S. 539, 556 (1974). In order to state a cause of action for deprivation of due process, a plaintiff must first establish the existence of a liberty interest for which the protection is sought. "States may under certain circumstances create liberty interests which are
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