Is a prisoner entitled to be held in solitary confinement?

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The following excerpt is from Richard V. v. Saul, Case No.: 19-cv-01660-JLB (S.D. Cal. 2019):

(9th Cir. 2001) ("[T]he provisions of 28 U.S.C. 1915(e)(2)(B) are not limited to prisoners."); Glick v. Townsend, 677 F. App'x 323, 324 (9th Cir. 2017) (same).

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