Jeffrey Max Gonzales, Plaintiff-appellant, v. Dan Reynolds, Gary D. Maynard, Defendants-appellees, 9 F.3d 116 (10th Cir. 1993)

ORDER AND JUDGMENT¹ 

After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel has determined unanimously that oral argument would not materially assist the determination of this appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a); 10th Cir. R. 34.1.9. The case is therefore ordered submitted without oral argument.

This appeal is from an order of the district court granting defendants' motion to dismiss plaintiff's section 1983 claims pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b) (6) and 28 U.S.C.1915(d). Plaintiff brought this action for declaratory injunctive relief under 42 U.S.C.1983 for alleged deprivations of his civil rights related to his transfer from a medium security prison to a maximum security prison. It is undisputed that the transfer was made for administrative reasons related to overcrowding in the Oklahoma prison system. In his complaint, plaintiff alleges that the transfer deprived him of rights guaranteed to him by the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution.

We agree with the district court that it is well settled that there is no constitutional right to incarceration at a particular correctional facility. Olim v. Wakinekona, 461 U.S. 238, 245 (1983). Plaintiff alleges that even if there is no constitutional right to incarceration at a particular facility it is a deprivation of a constitutional right to change his expectation of a particular security classification. We disagree. We find nothing in Oklahoma state regulations that would create a liberty interest in plaintiff for a particular security classification. See Twyman v. Crisp, 584 F.2d 351, 355-56 (10th Cir. 1978).

We further agree with the district court that plaintiff has failed to state any claim based on the Eighth Amendment. Plaintiff's equal protection arguments were not raised in the district court. Therefore, we will not address them here. We AFFIRM the dismissal without prejudice of all of plaintiff's claims under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b) (6) and 28 U.S.C.1915(d). The mandate shall issue forthwith.