Court Opinion

ID: 9489146
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 13:07:03.886775+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:53:21.264135
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RYMER, Circuit Judge,
Dissenting:
Under Sandin v. Conner, — U.S. -, 115 S.Ct. 2293, 132 L.Ed.2d 418 (1995), Keenan’s transfer into the IMU does not implicate a liberty interest unless his confinement there “impose[d] atypical and significant hardship on [him] in relation to the ordinary incidents of prison life.” Id. at -, 115 S.Ct. at 2300. Transfer from the general population to maximum security is “within the normal limits or range of custody which the conviction has authorized the State to impose,” even when the conditions in maximum security are “substantially more burdensome.” Meachum v. Fano, 427 U.S. 215, 225, 96 S.Ct. 2532, 2538-39, 49 L.Ed.2d 451 (1976). As Keenan’s confinement in maximum security was “within the normal limits or range of custody,” it follows that it could not have imposed an “atypical and significant hardship” on him. For the reasons stated by the district court, I also cannot agree that Keenan’s claims regarding the conditions of his confinement survive summary judgment. I therefore dissent.