Opinion ID: 589220
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Heading: Denial of Prison Education Privileges

Text: 7 McKinney contends that the prison officials violated his constitutional rights by restricting his educational privileges while incarcerated. 1 8 In general, a prisoner has no constitutional right to rehabilitation or education while in prison. See Moody v. Daggett, 429 U.S. 78, 88 n. 9 (1976); Rizzo v. Dawson, 778 F.2d 527, 531 (9th Cir.1985). Nor has Nevada created a protected liberty or property interest in its educational or vocational prison programs. See Nev.Rev.Stat. § 209.389(4); Nev.Dep't Prisons Reg. 506 (NDPR 506). Cf. Olim v. Wakinekona, 461 F.2d 238, 239 (1982) ([a] state creates a protected liberty interest [in its prison regulations] by placing substantive limitations on official discretion). Thus, McKinney cannot state a 1983 claim based on deprivation of educational privileges as a constitutional or state created right.