UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT _____________________

No. 00-60288 Summary Calendar _____________________

ELVIRO BROWN,

Plaintiff-Appellant,

versus

DAVID TURNER; MICHAEL C. MOORE, Attorney General, State of Mississippi,

Defendants-Appellees. _________________________________________________________________

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi (2:99-CV-342-PG) _________________________________________________________________

September 11, 2000

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, WIENER, and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Elviro Brown, Mississippi prisoner # 13836, appeals, pro se,

the dismissal of his civil-rights action. Such sua sponte

dismissal of a complaint as frivolous or for failure to state a

claim is reviewed de novo. See Ruiz v. United States,

(5th Cir. 1998). Because the deprivations challenged by

Brown were not protected liberty interests, he failed to show his

constitutional rights were violated. See Sandin v. Conner, 515

* Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the Court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4. U.S. 472, 485-87 (1995) (30-day period of disciplinary segregation

did not support due process claim); Berry v. Brady,

(5th Cir. 1999) (loss of one visitation session and eight meals

did not implicate a liberty interest); Moody v. Baker,

(5th Cir.) (“[a]n inmate has neither a protectible

property nor liberty interest in his custody classification”),

cert. denied,

(1988).

Likewise, because Brown has not alleged the violation of a

constitutional right, the district court did not err by failing to

allow Brown a reasonable opportunity to develop his claims in a

Spears hearing.

AFFIRMED

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