United States Ninth Circuit

Habeas petitioner's challenge to the administrative decision transferring him from one prison facility to another in a different state failed because a prisoner does not have a constitutional right to imprisonment in a specific prison.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/03/2003
• Decided 06/10/2004
• Published 06/10/2004

Judges

• Before: NOONAN, WARDLAW, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Amy M. Schwering, Federal Defenders of Eastern Washington and Idaho, Spokane, WA, for the petitioner-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Christine O. Gregoire and Paul D. Weisser, Washington State Attorney General's Office, Olympia, WA, for the respondent-appellee.