Opinion ID: 747522
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Heading: Transfer to Medium-Security Prison

Text: 10 Mr. Spann also alleges that his transfer to a medium-security facility violated his constitutional rights. We have held that Oklahoma's prison system creates no protected liberty or property interest which requires due process to transfer an inmate. Twyman v. Crisp, 584 F.2d 352, 355-57 (10th Cir.1978). [T]he due process clause does not protect a prisoner from being transferred from one institution to another within a state prison system. Id. at 355 (citing Meachum v. Fano, 427 U.S. 215, 228 (1976)). 11 Mr. Spann also intimates that his transfer was a violation of the Eighth Amendment, because the placement in a medium-level facility endangered his life. As the magistrate judge noted, Mr. Spann has failed to present facts sufficient to demonstrate a material factual dispute as to either the existence of a substantial risk or of serious harm that might support a finding of deliberate indifference on the part of the defendants. Rec. doc. 13, at 12 (citing Riddle v. Mondragon, 83 F.3d 1197, 1205 (10th Cir.1996) (holding that plaintiff alleging 12 Eighth Amendment violation from the failure to protect his safety must furnish more than a conclusory claim of being afraid....)). The district court correctly granted summary judgment to defendants on this claim.