Davis v. NH State Prison

May 8, 1996 [NOT FOR PUBLICATION] UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT No. 96-1100 ERIC E. DAVIS, A/K/A ERICO DAVIAS, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE PRISON DISCIPLINARY BOARD, ET AL., Defendants, Appellees. APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE [Hon. Paul J. Barbadoro, U.S. District Judge] Before Boudin, Circuit Judge, Campbell, Senior Circuit Judge, and Stahl, Circuit Judge. Erico Davias on brief pro se. Jeffrey R. Howard, Attorney General, and Daniel J. Mullen, Senior Assistant Attorney General, on brief for appellees. Per Curiam. On the arguendo assumption that appellate jurisdiction exists, we summarily affirm the district court's judgment. Plaintiff alleges that a prison disciplinary hearing, at which he was sentenced to fifteen days of punitive segregation, was tainted by due process violations. In awarding summary judgment for defendants, the district court reasonably concluded that no protected liberty interest had been implicated. See Sandin v. Conner, 115 S. Ct. 2293, 2301-02 (1995). Far from calling this conclusion into question, plaintiff has failed even to mention the matter on appeal. His separate contention concerning the status of discovery proves unavailing, inasmuch as the information requested had no bearing on the Sandin issue. Affirmed. See Loc. R. 27.1. -2-