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UNITED
STATES COURT OF APPEALS
TENTH CIRCUIT
ORDER AND JUDGMENT(*)
Before PORFILIO, KELLY, and HENRY,
Circuit Judges.(**)
Mr. Lee Traylor, an inmate appearing pro se in this 42 U.S.C. § 1983
action, appeals from a grant of summary judgment in favor of Defendants. The
district court adopted, over Mr. Traylor's objection, the magistrate judge's report
and recommendation. On appeal, Mr. Traylor contends that he has been denied a
liberty interest without due process and equal protection based upon
classification changes culminating in his transfer to the Oklahoma State
Penitentiary where he was placed in protective custody in a single cell. The
summary judgment record indicates that prison officials moved Mr. Traylor based
upon safety concerns of other inmates. Despite Mr. Traylor's characterization of
the transfer as "summary punishment," his due process claim is barred by Sandin
v. Conner, 515 U.S. 472 (1995). The confinement alleged does not implicate a
protected liberty interest. See id. at 486. Mr. Traylor's equal protection
challenge is likewise without merit--Defendants established that any disparate
treatment is rationally related to a legitimate governmental purpose. See Riddle
v. Mondragon, 83 F.3d 1197, 1207 (10th Cir. 1996).
We have liberally construed Mr. Traylor's pro se pleadings, see Haines v.
Kerner, 404 U.S. 519, 520-21 (1972) (per curiam), and reviewed the district
court's grant of summary judgment on his remaining claims de novo, see Barney
v. Pulsipher, 143 F.3d 1299, 1306 (10th Cir. 1998). We affirm for
substantially
the same reasons given by the district court, including the report and
recommendation of the magistrate judge. See R. docs. 15 & 17.
AFFIRMED.
Entered for the Court
Paul J. Kelly, Jr.
Circuit Judge
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*. This order and judgment is not binding
precedent, except under the
doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, and collateral estoppel. This court
generally disfavors the citation of orders and judgments; nevertheless, an order
and judgment may be cited under the terms and conditions of 10th Cir. R. 36.3.
**. After examining the briefs and the
appellate record, this three-judge
panel has determined unanimously that oral argument would not be of material
assistance in the determination of this appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a); 10th
Cir. R. 34.1 (G). The cause is therefore ordered submitted without oral
argument.
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