U.S. Appeals Court: PLACEMENT.

• Position: Brief Article

Resnick v. Hayes, 213 F.3d 443 (9th Cir. 2000). A federal prisoner brought a [sections] 1983 action claiming that a warden and correctional officers violated his constitutional rights when they confined him in the prison's special housing unit. The district court dismissed the action and the prisoner appealed. The appeals court affirmed, finding that the prisoner who had been convicted but not yet sentenced had no liberty interest in not being...