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Rickie SLAUGHTER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jeremy BEAN; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
MEMORANDUM **
Nevada state prisoner Rickie Slaughter appeals pro se from the district court's summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging due process violations arising from a disciplinary hearing. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo. Furnace v. Sullivan, 705 F.3d 1021, 1026 (9th Cir. 2013). We affirm.
The district court properly granted summary judgment because Slaughter failed to raise a genuine dispute of material as to whether prison officials failed to afford him all of the process that he was due. See Superintendent v. Hill, 472 U.S. 445, 454, 105 S.Ct. 2768, 86 L.Ed.2d 356 (1985) (requirements of due process are satisfied if “some evidence” supports disciplinary decision); Wolff v. McDonnell, 418 U.S. 539, 563-71, 94 S.Ct. 2963, 41 L.Ed.2d 935 (1974) (setting forth due process requirements in prison disciplinary proceedings and explaining that prison authorities have discretion not to call witnesses, “whether it be for irrelevance, lack of necessity, or the hazards presented in individual cases”).
AFFIRMED.
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Docket No: No. 20-15335
Decided: September 22, 2021
Court: United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
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