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Parties Involved:
Arkansas Board of Correction
Appellee
Does
Appellee
Ms. Franklin
Appellee
Kenny Halfacre
Appellant
J. Minor
Appellee
Raymond Naylor
Appellee
Ms. Taylor
Appellee
K. Waddle
Appellee
Randall Watson
Appellee

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

For the Eighth Circuit

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No. 15-3132

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Kenny Halfacre

lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant

v.

Arkansas Board of Correction; Randall Watson, Warden, ADC, Varner Unit;

Raymond Naylor, Disciplinary Hearing Administrator, ADC, Central Office; K.

Waddle, Disciplinary Hearing Officer, ADC, Central Office; J. Minor,

Disciplinary Hearing Officer, ADC, Central Office; Ms. Franklin; Ms. Taylor,

Disciplinary Hearing Officer, ADC, Central Office; Does, Disciplinary Hearing

Officers, ADC, Central Office

lllllllllllllllllllll Defendants - Appellees

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Appeal from United States District Court 

for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Pine Bluff

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 Submitted: February 29, 2016

Filed: March 3, 2016

[Unpublished]

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Before WOLLMAN, ARNOLD, and SMITH, Circuit Judges. 

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PER CURIAM.

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Kenny Halfacre appeals the district court’s preservice dismissal, without 1

prejudice, of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action based on alleged deprivations of his liberty

interests. Having carefully reviewed the record and Halfacre’s arguments on appeal,

we find no basis for reversal. See Moore v. Sims, 200 F.3d 1170, 1171 (8th Cir.

2000) (per curiam) (28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii) dismissal isreviewed de novo); see

also Sandin v. Conner, 515 U.S. 472, 483-84 (1995) (alleged deprivation of liberty

interest must impose atypical and significant hardship in relation to ordinary incidents

of prison life); Phillips v. Norris, 320 F.3d 844, 846-47 (8th Cir. 2003) (demotion to

segregation, even without cause, is not itself atypical and significant hardship;

prisoner has no federal constitutional liberty interest in having prison officialsfollow

prison regulations); cf. Moody v. Daggett, 429 U.S. 78, 88 n.9 (1976) (federal

prisoner had no statutory or constitutional entitlement to particular classification). 

Accordingly, the judgment is affirmed. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

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The Honorable Kristine G. Baker, United States DistrictJudge for the Eastern 1

District of Arkansas, adopting the report and recommendations ofthe HonorableBeth

Deere, United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas.

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