The following excerpt is from Schenck v. Whalen, 95 F.3d 1158 (9th Cir. 1996):
To state a cognizable due process claim under section 1983, an inmate must demonstrate that defendant's alleged unlawful conduct imposed an atypical and significant hardship on him in relation to the ordinary incidents of prison life. Sandin v. Conner, 115 S.Ct. 2293, 2300 (1995).
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